From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GlAzA-0000kN-Ii for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:10:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAHL7JcM006270; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:07:19 GMT Received: from bullet.espersunited.com (adsl-70-234-122-249.dsl.tul2ok.sbcglobal.net [70.234.122.249]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAHL43oZ032185 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:04:04 GMT Received: from camille.espersunited.com (camille.espersunited.com [70.234.122.250]) by bullet.espersunited.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id kAHL43Wc000786 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:04:03 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newly created user can't ssh in but others can? From: Michael Sullivan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200611172001.kAHK10x8032547@robin.gentoo.org> References: <200611172001.kAHK10x8032547@robin.gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:04:02 -0600 Message-Id: <1163797442.12501.113.camel@camille.espersunited.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id kAHL7Jco006270 X-Archives-Salt: af988a15-3a31-483d-85d4-aa5988c3cebe X-Archives-Hash: d21168a1ad493bf999be89cc11fff4b3 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.=20 >=20 > I've tried changing the passwd to 'foo' (just something simple) and I k= eep > getting the "Password:" prompt over and over. But if I ssh in to say, m= y > account, it works fine. >=20 > Ideas? >=20 > /home looks like: >=20 > drwxr-xr-x 4 joe users 4096 Nov 17 11:42 joe > drwx--x--x 29 daevid users 4096 Nov 17 02:08 daevid=20 >=20 > daevid home # passwd joe > New UNIX password: 'foo' > BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short > Retype new UNIX password: 'foo' > passwd: password updated successfully >=20 > daevid home # ssh joe@localhost > Password: 'foo' > Password: 'foo' > ... >=20 > daevid home # ssh daevid@localhost > Password: 'secret' > Last login: Fri Nov 17 11:46:06 2006 from daevid.com > daevid@daevid ~ $=20 >=20 >=20 > =D0=C65=CF=D0=20 >=20 Just a guess, but is your new user listed in AllowUsers in sshd configuration? --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list