ssh access for other than root

Alutke · n00b Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 18

I can only seem to access my box via ssh when I use root. What do I need to do to open this up for other users. Any help is appreciated

Thanks! :wink:

Alutke · n00b Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 18

Ok, I found a thread that has already discussed this, however i still cannot get the bloody thing to work. I have ensured that my user has a shell set /bin/bash and that it is correct in the passwd file.

What else could be my problem. ?? Please help!!! (someone said they had to change something in the sshd_config file but they didn't say what!!!) please help

Ondrej · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 15

I have the exact same problem, but I can't login as a non-root user into ProFTPd, either.

I have another Gentoo box up and running without having this problem. The only real difference is that the working one used stage1, and the new one stage3.

The sshd_config and proftpd.conf files are identical on both boxes. So are the files in /etc/pam.d/. There is no /etc/nologin. passwd(1) changes the passwords in /etc/shadow correctly.

No matter what I try, root's the only user who's password is validated. Regular user's passwords (and they're right) are always rejected.

Thanks!

Ondrej

Nitro · Posted: Thu May 09, 2002 8:28 pm Post subject:

Could you share with us some of the information found in your logs?

I'm also going to move this topic to the Networking & Security forum, it will recieve better attention there.
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Mr. Atoz · Posted: Thu May 09, 2002 9:15 pm Post subject:

Is the user in question a member of the wheel group? If not add the user to that group and see if it makes a difference.
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Guest · Posted: Thu May 09, 2002 10:20 pm Post subject:

OK Solved!

Problem - Im a loser

I had been changing the root password instead of setting the user passord. So the account was setup correctly (thanks to the other threads on the matter). I however had not set a password for the user. Thanks for your help guys!!

Alex

Alutke · n00b Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 18

oops, forgot to login.

Thanks for you help guys!!

Ondrej · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 15

This is what the logs look like... nothing out of the ordinary, except for the password failures

Ondrej · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 15

OK Solved!

Problem - ... *sigh*

User's didn't have a shell set. I didn't create the accounts (big mistake..

) and the last entry in the users' line in /etc/passwd was empty.

THanks guys!