We have SSH running on our Linux Redhat 9 server. I set up new users to dump them upon initial login to a common directory using the following command: useradd -M -d /home/shared username -p password passwd username (for some reason, -p password doesn't work?)
On a daily basis, they are locked out. /var/log/secure indicates the following: fatal: monitor_read: unsupported request: 24 PAM rejected by account configuration[13]: User account has expired /var/log indicates the following: Aug 19 10:38:15 wow-rtr sshd(pam_unix)[19144]: account emon has expired (failed to change password) They log in with winscp3 (graphical client) using sftp. - Eve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs