Running Slackware 11.0.

I'm trying to allow a user ssh access to their home directory, but something is configured so that only users in the root group are allowed ssh access. I've looked through the sshd_config file, and nothing sticks out to me. I've tried adding the line AllowUsers user1 user2 etc... but that has no affect on ssh access. Beyond that, I really have no idea where to look...

I've tried googling the issue but haven't been able to find any answers...

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks

Can you post the relevant lines from your sshd_config file (meaning, no comments)? Remember to use the [code] tags to make it more readable for everyone else.

Maybe another pair of eyes will find something.

Here are the uncommented lines from sshd_config:

[PermitRootLogin no]

[AllowUsers user1 user2 user3]

[Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server]


*Note: whether I had the AllowUsers line in or not, made no difference.

Thanks

What does that mean, exactly? If a user who is not in the root group tries to ssh to the server, can he authenticate at all?

If a user is not in the root group and I try to ssh in via Putty. The putty session window just closes. It doesn't give any warnings, just kills putty...

Thanks

If a user is not in the root group and I try to ssh in via Putty. The putty session window just closes. It doesn't give any warnings, just kills putty...

Thanks

Try to ssh from the command line the first time. The first time that you ssh to a particular host it will ask you to confirm that you want to add the host to your list and exchange keys.

Brian

You're going to need to check the server logs for clues then. I don't know how Slackware does it, but on a RHEL/CentOS box, in sshd_config the directive SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV is set by default. Then, in /etc/syslog.conf, authpriv.* logs to /var/log/secure.

Determine where sshd is logging to on your Slackware system and tail that log during your next login attempt.

By default ssh logins are logged to /var/log/messages -- you should be able to see quite a bit of information regarding the login attempts there.

Pardon me if I have completely missed something, but maybe a fresh perspective, even a confused one, will help.

First, since you are using Putty I assume you are attempting to login from an M$ machine to the Slackware box. Is that correct? If so, you should first look at the logs or messages or whatever such there is on the M$ machine - it is not at all obvious that the shutdown results from something wrong on the Slackware box.

As BCarey said, can the user login from the command line, like from the same box or from another *nix box? That would be the first big clue - get Putty out of the picture and troubleshoot the basic SSH config. So if you have access to the Slackware box, what happens if you simply try to ssh as one of those normal users on the same box? That will at least give you a clean, single event type log record.

unless your running really old hardware there is no reason to be running such an old version of slackware