On 4/29/05, Ankush Grover <ankush174@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I try to ssh to the said account, it doesn't work. The connection > opens, accepts my password and then closes instantly. Trying to "su - > newuser" or "su newuser" result in a "could not open session" > Interestingly enough, FTP does work! > > > > >Googling seems to point to permissions problem but I can't figure out > > > >where or what. The /etc/passwd is 644, /etc/group is 644 and > > > >/etc/shadow is 600. Permissions for the home directory are fine too. > > > > > > Hey, > > Can you login into the machine without going through SSH,if you are > able to do so then the problem is with SSH. > > Try to restart the SSH service > > service sshd restart > > You can also check the /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config files also. > SSH is controlled by these files. > > Moreover create one more user try to login the new user through SSH > and also from the FC1 machine also.I > > Regards > > Ankush > Ankush -- Thanks for replying. I found out the problem this morning. Somehow the permissions on the /etc were set to rwxr--r-- Changing that to rwxr-xr-x, I'm now able to login/ssh/console properly. Thank you all for your help! Rgds, Faisal
