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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:55, 22 August 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>When a user entered his correct password on a Solaris 8 2/04 SPARC system running OpenSSH 4.7, he was unable to login. syslog logged the following error:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>When a user entered his correct password on a Solaris 8 2/04 SPARC system running OpenSSH 4.7, he was unable to login. syslog logged the following error:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Aug 22 09:45:37 hostname sshd[2319]: [ID 800047 auth.error] error: Could not get shadow information for NOUSER</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> Aug 22 09:45:37 hostname sshd[2319]: [ID 800047 auth.error] error: <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>Could not get shadow information for NOUSER<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Running '''pwck''' showed the problem.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Running '''pwck''' showed the problem.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:55, 22 August 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> '''Optional shell file not found'''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> '''Optional shell file not found'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In this case, the user's default shell ('''/bin/tcsh+''') did not exist on the system. Changing the default shell <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>The &quot;Login directory not found&quot; is not a critical error.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In this case, the user's default shell ('''/bin/tcsh+''') did not exist on the system. Changing the default shell <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to a valid shell (or installing the missing shell) fixed the problem.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The &quot;Login directory not found&quot; is not a critical error<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; users are able to login without a valid home directory (they will be placed in '''/''')</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>New page: When a user entered his correct password on a Solaris 8 2/04 SPARC system running OpenSSH 4.7, he was unable to login. syslog logged the following error: Aug 22 09:45:37 hostname sshd[231...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>When a user entered his correct password on a Solaris 8 2/04 SPARC system running OpenSSH 4.7, he was unable to login. syslog logged the following error:<br /> Aug 22 09:45:37 hostname sshd[2319]: [ID 800047 auth.error] error: Could not get shadow information for NOUSER<br /> <br /> Running '''pwck''' showed the problem.<br /> $ '''pwck'''<br /> user:x:2203:14:User Name:/home/user:/bin/tcsh+<br /> Login directory not found<br /> '''Optional shell file not found'''<br /> <br /> In this case, the user's default shell ('''/bin/tcsh+''') did not exist on the system. Changing the default shell The &quot;Login directory not found&quot; is not a critical error.</div>

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