On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:06:25AM -0500, Stamper, Steve wrote: > I have added a new user which requires a specific UID. > useradd -c "Example Agent Account" -g eaa -d /eaa -u 6000 examp03 > > Trying to login using Putty I enter the ID and password then get: > PuTTY Fatal Error - Server sent disconnect message: "Command terminated on > signal 25." > > Using usermod I knock the UID down to a low order number and I can log in > correctly. > usermod -u 511 examp03 Odd...This is from RHEL3: [root@p6000 ewilts]# useradd -c "Example Agent Account" -d /var/tmp -u 6000 examp03 [root@p6000 ewilts]# passwd examp03 Changing password for user examp03. New password: BAD PASSWORD: it's WAY too short Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@p6000 ewilts]# ssh examp03@localhost examp03@localhost's password: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /var/tmp/.Xauthority [examp03@p6000 tmp]$ > This tells me there is probably a MAXIMUM UID so I looked in /etc/login.defs > and found: > UID_MAX 60000 > which is well above my 6000 number. I believe that this is only used when automatically picking a uid for creating new accounts. > Any ideas where I can look next??? On the server, look in /var/log/secure and /var/log/messages and see what it tells you. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
