On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 Alfonso_Chavez at cargill.com wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that if you are connected as root > and use "su user", the system won't ask you for the password. > Nonetheless, that is a good way to determine if you have a default shell > (/bin/bash, etc) Right. Also, just look in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Anyone creating accounts who doesn't understand those two files should now learn about them! When I've had the problem reported here, it was always because I didn't create a normal password for the new user. SSH seems to require that. Someone else suggested this earlier. I think I've also typed the wrong path to the shell, but I'm pretty sure the system reports that before it kicks you out. Mike _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list