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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:48:44 -0500
From:      John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Old user can't log in
Message-ID:  <ECDF6933-47F6-4D67-AC5C-5E149590D971@identry.com>
In-Reply-To: <9391FD2D-59ED-455A-8C87-2854C7EF1E52@mac.com>
References:  <325E4EC8-BD2B-45C1-978C-4922D16D3A94@identry.com> <9391FD2D-59ED-455A-8C87-2854C7EF1E52@mac.com>

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On Feb 12, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:

> On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:14 PM, John Almberg wrote:
>> Just ran into a strange problem... I have a long-standing user  
>> account on my FreeBSD box that no longer works. She can't ssh into  
>> the box, and I can't even su to her account.
>>
>> $ su jessica
>> Password:
>> su: setusercontext: Invalid argument
>
> Does group 1022 exist in /etc/groups?

Yes

> Is the user a member of more than 16 groups?

Actually, 15 plus it's own group, so yes, I guess exactly 16.

I can guess what you're going to say next. Frack...

Okay, I guess I can reorganize groups to eliminate this problem.

Thanks for the hint (as they say, a hint to the wise is sufficient...)

-- John




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