Re: [tlug] Trouble adding new user

[Stephen Lasseter <stephen@karasu.ninja>]

What happens when you try to ‘su’ into the user?  If that works, do you find the user has a home directory?  And does the user have permissions to that home directory?  Next, tail your system logs when a login attempt is made.  Try using verbose output for ssh.  Log in with ssh as the user after setting a temporary password.  One of these things is bound to give you a better picture of what is blocking the login.  Or at least, a better focus for further investigation.

> On Sep 9, 2019, at 20:30, Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> wrote:
> 
> Today, for the first time in a couple of years, I was adding a new user to my Linode server doing the usual
> 
> # useradd newguy
> 
> # passwd newguy
> 
> (added the password)
> 
> But when he does
> 
> ssh newguy@linode
> 
> he gets a password prompt and he types in the password, he gets "Permission denied."
> 
> I've removed and installed the user a couple of times, tried with other usernames and passwords, nothing works. My own login works fine. His username is listed in /etc/passwd
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Chuck
> 
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