High UID user can not login

Stamper, Steve sstamper at foremost.com
Fri Dec 10 15:48:27 UTC 2004


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.



<SNIP from Ed Wilts>
On the server, look in /var/log/secure and /var/log/messages and see what it
tells you.
</SNIP>

Ed: I'm a step ahead of you

/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 at 10.1.1.1]
  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 at 10.1.1.1]
  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



/var/log/secure:
  Dec 10 13:45:11 host sshd[5955]: Accepted password for examp03 from
10.1.1.1 port 34105
  Dec 10 13:45:11 host sshd[5955]: Disconnecting: Command terminated on
signal 25.



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