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    Access denied after adduser

    Hey guys I've just created a new user and entered the password when it said enter UNIX password (correct right?).
    After that I've established another connection, but access is denied. Why!?

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    Re: Access denied after adduser

    What do you mean by "established another connection"? Logged in (or attempted) as the new user?
    You can check /etc/passwd to see if the user got created.
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    Re: Access denied after adduser

    Thanks. Yes I meant that I had opened a new putty screen to login as the new user. I've checked the file and the user is indeed listed!

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    Re: Access denied after adduser

    How'd you make the new user?

    Command line or with a gui.
    And if a command line, what command?
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    Re: Access denied after adduser

    Quote Originally Posted by Youri_van_Dijk View Post
    Thanks. Yes I meant that I had opened a new putty screen to login as the new user. I've checked the file and the user is indeed listed!
    PuTTY? So you're trying to log in via SSH? Is the machine running a(n) SSH server?
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    Re: Access denied after adduser

    Ah wait... I've installed open SSH and am running everything from command line. I've created the user with 'sudo adduser'

    I remember following the advice in a tutorial to put 'AllowUser example' in the SSH config file for security. I've added my regular account (not using root) so probably the new user is denied since I have to add it to the SSH config? How would I do that best? Add another line to sshd_config with AllowUser newaccount or should I simple separate those with a space or comma on the existing line?

    edit: I've removed the line for now, which resolves the error. I believe that simply adding extra users separated with a space should be sufficient as well.
    Last edited by Youri_van_Dijk; February 13th, 2014 at 11:53 AM.

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