Bodo,
My system doesn't have a /etc/shells file by default; however I created one and added my shell's
path to it and that did it!
Thanks much,
Ed
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On 27.02.2014 19:33, Ed Sutter wrote:
For my project though, I need to run a custom shell that only provides the user 
with VERY minimal access to the system all through builtins. When I set up a 
new user to run this shell and log in from my system's serial port console it 
works just fine; however, when I try to login as that user using ssh, I get...

Permission denied, please try again.
Hello Ed,

I don't know if dropbear checks this, but maybe your shell must be listed in 
/etc/shells.

Bodo

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