On 11.Okt.2013, at 10:58, Rainer Traut wrote: > Am 11.10.2013 09:27, schrieb Michael Schultz: >> Thanks everyone, >> >> secure log tells me exactly what the problem is: >> "User username not allowed because account is locked" >> >> Setting a password for that account unlocks it and ssh works as >> expected. I guess I have to work on my account creation routine. >> >> > > I haven't tried but > maybe you could just try the obvious and unlock the account? > I think it is > passwd -u [user] from the usermod and passwd manual page ... This puts a ´!´ in front of the encrypted password ... ... by prefixing the encrypted string with an ! ... What I have as an example /etc/passwd:login:x:10000:10000::/home/login:/bin/bash /etc/shadow:login:!!:15546:0:99999:7::: and ssh with keys works fine What is in Michaels passwd and shadow? Maybe he does not use shadow passwords and the behaviour is different ? Another thougt, are there any AVCs in /var/log/audit/audit.log, maybe it is a selinux issue? Michael? -- Markus Resident do not top post guerilla http://centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 (The guidelines part) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos