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On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Daevid Vincent wrote: |
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> I have had my server for several years, I haven't added a new user in |
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> probably 6 months or more. I tried to add one last night and all seemed |
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> fine. However it can't login via ssh (not at a console, so I don't know |
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> about that way) but existing accounts can. |
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It could be a bunch of things, so you're going to have to brainstorm. |
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Here are some quick ideas off the top of my head: |
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- Does the new user have a valid shell? |
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- If the new user's shell is valid and different from other users' |
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shells, then is the new user's shell listed in /etc/shells ? |
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- Is the PAM configuration known to be sane? (i.e., have you confirmed |
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that there are no files in /etc/pam.d/ that need to be merged via |
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etc-update from a previous upgrade?) |
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- What sort of output does sshd send to the syslog when the new user |
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attempts to login? Does the output change-- and reveal any hints-- if |
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sshd is run in the forground in debug mode? |
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Joe |
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