On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, 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.
It could be a bunch of things, so you're going to have to brainstorm.
Here are some quick ideas off the top of my head:
- Does the new user have a valid shell?
- If the new user's shell is valid and different from other users'
shells, then is the new user's shell listed in /etc/shells ?
- Is the PAM configuration known to be sane? (i.e., have you confirmed
that there are no files in /etc/pam.d/ that need to be merged via
etc-update from a previous upgrade?)
- What sort of output does sshd send to the syslog when the new user
attempts to login? Does the output change-- and reveal any hints-- if
sshd is run in the forground in debug mode?
Joe
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