Hello,

I just built a linux box using Fedora Core 1 and added a user using the command "adduser -s /bin/bash anewuser"

This created the entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group and the default directories in /home with proper permissions (700 with anewuser owning the directory)

Whenever I try to ssh to it, the session just closes. When I try to do a "su - anewuser" I get a "could not open session" message and I get back to the root prompt.

Googling around I saw that permissions might be an issue so checked the perms for /etc/passwd (644), /etc/group (644) and /etc/shadow (600).

What else am I missing and why isn't it working?

Any help appreciated!

Basti

What group(s) are the new user in?

Damicatz -- Thanks for responding. The user is in it's own group named anewgroup. I guess that's the default way FC1 makes accounts.

Basti