Re: Information - SSH & NIS login problem
Dermot C Cassidy <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies |
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Whoops! Meant to say that it is possible, but that the same could happen to someone else. Dermot > > is it possible you had a /etc/._cfg_0000_shells file laying around ? > > or maybe you nuked the newer ones ? > > -mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dermot C Cassidy" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 07:44 > > Subject: [gentoo-newbies] Information - SSH & NIS login problem > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I pass on this bit of information just in case anyone runs > > > into a similar problem. > > > > > > I was having difficulties connecting into a gentoo box with > > > an NIS user. > > > > > > Here were the symptoms: > > > > > > (i) I could log in locally using the NIS user. > > > (ii) I could telnet in using the NIS user. > > > (iii) I could ssh in using local users. > > > (iv) I could not ssh in using the NIS user. > > > > > > Turned out that the NIS user's default shell (/bin/csh) > > > was not in /etc/shells. A surpising omission, since I > > > think the shells file was in its original state. csh > > > may be bad, but NIS users who log into lots of different > > > sorts of boxes may be more likely to have it as a > > > default. csh, for instance, is widely used on the > > > Tru64 Unix boxes here, and they don't have tcsh or bash > > > installed by default. > > > > > > Maddeningly simple when you know the answer! I looked > > > at lots of arcane sshd config options before I checked > > > the basics! > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dermot > > > > > > -- > > > Dermot Cassidy, Systems Engineer, MSE A&O > > > Hewlett-Packard, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway, Ireland. > > > tel: +353-91-754678 / mailto:[email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gentoo-newbies mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-newbies > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-newbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-newbies > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-newbies