Hi Gordon, I tried your suggestion the results looks OK. [root@sspxz100 ~]# id s39427 uid=111(s39427) gid=14(sysadmin) groups=14(sysadmin) [root@sspxz100 ~]# ls -l ~s39427 total 0 I saw the following error in /var/log/secure when the "permission denied" error is encountered. Jun 15 17:19:38 sspxz100 sshd[13765]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=ci-nb39427-6.sf.sp.edu.sg user=s39427 Jun 15 17:19:40 sspxz100 sshd[13765]: Failed password for s39427 from 164.78.20.60 port 2029 ssh2 Jun 15 09:19:40 sspxz100 sshd[13766]: Failed password for s39427 from 164.78.20.60 port 2029 ssh2 No error is recorded in /var/log/messages I also try connecting to the LDAP server at port 389 and it is OK. [root@sspxz100 ~]# telnet 165.70.35.12 389 Trying 165.70.35.12... Connected to sspsm040.sf.sp.edu.sg (165.70.35.12). Escape character is '^]'. Any other help will be appreciated. Thanks -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=93222&topic_id=21829&forum=28#forumpost93222
