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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list