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. > > I've tried changing the passwd to 'foo' (just something simple) and I keep > getting the "Password:" prompt over and over. But if I ssh in to say, my > account, it works fine. > > Ideas? > > /home looks like: > > drwxr-xr-x 4 joe users 4096 Nov 17 11:42 joe > drwx--x--x 29 daevid users 4096 Nov 17 02:08 daevid > > daevid home # passwd joe > New UNIX password: 'foo' > BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short > Retype new UNIX password: 'foo' > passwd: password updated successfully > > daevid home # ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Password: 'foo' > Password: 'foo' > ... > > daevid home # ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Password: 'secret' > Last login: Fri Nov 17 11:46:06 2006 from daevid.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > > > ÐÆ5ÏÐ >
Just a guess, but is your new user listed in AllowUsers in sshd configuration? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
