RE: [gentoo-user] Newly created user can't ssh in but others can? [SOLVED]

[Daevid Vincent]

YES! That was it. 

Thanks so much for everyone's ideas and help. Long story short, just doing
'adduser' was sufficient. I didn't need a ".ssh" directory. I didn't need to
add to any groups. /var/log/messages was useless as it didn't show a single
blip about ssh.

I forgot I had 'locked down' my server and this is the solution:

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Add the user to the "AllowUsers" option list.
/etc/init.d/sshd restart

DÆVID  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Sullivan [mailto:michael@××××××××××××.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 1:04 PM
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newly created user can't ssh in
> but others can?
>
> On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 12:02 -0800, Daevid Vincent wrote:
> > I have had my server for several years, I haven't added a
> new user in
> > probably 6 months or more. I tried to add one last night
> and all seemed
> > fine. However it can't login via ssh (not at a console, so
> I don't know
> > about that way) but existing accounts can.
> >
> > I've tried changing the passwd to 'foo' (just something
> simple) and I keep
> > getting the "Password:" prompt over and over. But if I ssh
> in to say, my
> > account, it works fine.
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > /home looks like:
> >
> > drwxr-xr-x  4 joe    users  4096 Nov 17 11:42 joe
> > drwx--x--x 29 daevid users  4096 Nov 17 02:08 daevid
> >
> > daevid home # passwd joe
> > New UNIX password: 'foo'
> > BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short
> > Retype new UNIX password: 'foo'
> > passwd: password updated successfully
> >
> > daevid home # ssh joe@localhost
> > Password: 'foo'
> > Password: 'foo'
> > ...
> >
> > daevid home # ssh daevid@localhost
> > Password: 'secret'
> > Last login: Fri Nov 17 11:46:06 2006 from daevid.com
> > daevid@daevid ~ $
> >
> >
> > ÐÆ5ÏÐ
> >
>
> Just a guess, but is your new user listed in AllowUsers in sshd
> configuration?
>
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