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Date:      Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:41:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
To:        The WRS <thewrs@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: SSH not working for particular user
Message-ID:  <20050806123610.K38067@zoraida.natserv.net>
In-Reply-To: <bbb2e418050806091754137c6@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20050806120736.K37973@zoraida.natserv.net> <bbb2e418050806091754137c6@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, The WRS wrote:

Thanks for the feedback

> Check /var/log/auth.log and perhaps

sshd[28883]: error: PAM: authentication error for fran from <my machine>


>/var/log/messages for hints on why

Same error on that file.

> /etc/hosts.allow may be the culprit

The machines were setup with hosts.allow, but I am connecting from the 
same machine using a different user.

> Perhaps the uid in question has an invalid shell?

That doesn't seem to be the problem either.
>From the user I was able to login I did su to my ID and that worked.



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