Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:00:18 +1030 From: Ian Moore <imoore@picknowl.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH suddenly giving pam error for existing user Message-ID: <200501312200.25611.imoore@picknowl.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200501241912.20598.imoore@picknowl.com.au> References: <200501191833.37349.imoore@picknowl.com.au> <200501241912.20598.imoore@picknowl.com.au>
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--nextPart1131762.XZrhFhhlVO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:12, Ian Moore wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:33, Ian Moore wrote: > > Hi, > > I can normally ssh to my home computer (using password authentication), > > but today it's stopped working. The last time I did it was about 9 days > > ago from work & it worked then. > > The console log shows: > > Jan 19 17:04:25 daemon sshd[61084]: error: PAM: authentication error for > > imoore from firewall. > > > > I've tried connecting from 2 different remote hosts, one at work & > > another elsewhere - same result. > > > > When I got home today, I tried creating a new user & then ssh'ed to a > > remote machine & ssh'ed back to mine with the new username. > > I was able to log in OK as the new user. > > > > I then changed the password for my normal user & tried to ssh back with > > the new password, but I still can't login. > > > > I'm running 5.3-RELEASE-p2. I have upgraded a few ports since ssh last > > worked - openoffice and a few bit & pieces - I'm not sure what exactly. > > I haven't altered my ipfw config in that time, nor have I upgraded the > > base system or kernel. > > > > Can anyone think what might have caused this? > > > > Cheers, > > Hi, I'm still having trouble with this. > I figured I should be able to fix it by renaming my home directory, then > use rmuser to delete my account & create a new account with the same uid. > > Well I figured wrongly! I still couldn't ssh to my new account. > > Then I tried deleting that account & creating a new one with the same name > but a different UID - still no joy. I just get "error: PAM: authentication > error for imoore" every time. > > So why does it work for new user with a different username? Is PAM somehow > keeping the old password somewhere? > > Cheers, Just for the record, I found the problem - I'd added=20 =2D:wheel:ALL EXCEPT LOCAL to /etc/login.access =2D-=20 Ian GPG Key: http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/imoore/imoore.asc --nextPart1131762.XZrhFhhlVO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB/hbRfITqkXhImmIRAhAuAJ9uXaTZBhKH8thtKebon/RrM22hJgCeKhL9 6hruDhVVPjWFJEE2Y5DjIcE= =dW6g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1131762.XZrhFhhlVO--
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