BTW - 1. Should have added RH7.2.... 2. A new clue, the highest UID I can change to is 3590!?!?! 3. Sorry for having to hide the real names/numbers. 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 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. BTW - 1. Should have added RH7.2.... 2. A new clue, the highest UID I can change to is 3590!?!?! 3. Sorry for having to hide the real names/numbers - security thing. /var/log/messages: Dec 10 14:27:48 host PAM-warn[8757]: service: sshd [on terminal: NODEVssh] Dec 10 14:27:48 host PAM-warn[8757]: user: (uid=0) -> examp03 [remote:?nobody@xxxxxxxx] Dec 10 14:27:48 host sshd(pam_unix)[8757]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=10.1.1.1 user=examp03 Dec 10 14:28:03 host PAM-warn[8757]: service: sshd [on terminal: NODEVssh] Dec 10 14:28:03 host PAM-warn[8757]: user: (uid=0) -> examp03 [remote:?nobody@xxxxxxxx] Dec 10 14:28:03 host sshd(pam_unix)[8757]: session opened for user examp03 by (uid=0) Dec 10 14:28:03 host sshd(pam_unix)[8757]: session closed for user examp03 I've upgraded openssl and openssh to match a similar system and it works just fine. Any ideas where I can look next??? Thanks Steve -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list