Hi,

How to give SSH acces to users?

Can you provide the command to do that?

Thanks
Stephen

try ssh-add

edit the shell type next to the username in /etc/passwd

give them /bin/bash instead onf /sbin/nologin

or something similar to that ?

As su
usermod -s /bin/bash username in Linux

in FreeBSD

RTFM -> man pw! :)

nto a good idea to edit /etc/passwd

just out of interest, why is it a bad idea to edit /etc/passwd ?
i may have to stop doing this myself if there are any serious drawbacks.

on a cpanel/redhat server:

ADD: chsh -s /bin/bash client_username
REMOVE: chsh -s /usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell client_username

Originally posted by UH-Matt
just out of interest, why is it a bad idea to edit /etc/passwd ?
i may have to stop doing this myself if there are any serious drawbacks.

You shouldn't edit the file directly, because in the event that something else goes to write to it. You'll cause a write collide, which could corrupt the file.

Hi,

What is the exact command to give acces to SSH for my
users.

is it the only way to edit /etc/password?


Thanks

what are you running on your server?

Greg Moore

I am running mandrake 2.4.18

Have you installed SSH?

Yes,

I have installed SSH.


Thanks