Create user for CentOS w/ ssh
 

Hi all,

I've got a remote server running CentOS and I require a new user account who would have access to sftp & ssh functions.

I've got a bit of a problem creating the user since whenever I try to login with the new account through ssh (putty) I keep getting access denied.

I've made different accounts with userids above /below 500; even though I'm a complete noob so no idea how I'm supposed to go about this.

Thanks,
Keleas

What does /var/log/secure say?

Hey,

I checked the secure log and it said the username wasnt on the AllowUsers list; so I added the username to the list in sshd_config.

Its still denying access but now it says 'Failed password for invalid user .. '

I've double checked the password and tried with multiple accounts but it still saying same error.

I havent assigned this user to a group or such, does this have an effect on logging in?

cheers

How did you create the account?

Does the account still exist on the system?

What kind of authentication are you using? Local? NIS? LDAP?

Yo
 

Hi,

I created the account by logging in as root then using ' useradd username ' then assigning a password

Yea the accounts still exist on the system

I'm not sure what authentication I'm using, I can't find a command just to display or show what type it is, I don't really want to change anything for fear of messing something up.

Cheers for the help

The "passwd" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf would tell you.

Is SSHD set to UsePAM in /etc/ssh/sshd_config?

Yo,

Yea in sshd_config its set to UsePAM.

In sswitch its set as

# Example:
#passwd: db files nisplus nis
...

passwd: files

Is this automatically set to nis or do I have to assign it there manually? just don't want to lock myself out,

Cheers