New users are not able to login in 11.11i

[Roopesh Nair]

Hello Guys ,

New users are not able to login in to server. all old users are not facing any issue so far.

syslog is giving an entry saying the new user is logged in via ssh2. but in who output that user is not showing...!

model : 9000/800/SD32B

Version : 11.11i

pls guide..
Cheers Roopesh KP

[Torsten.]

So try to find out what is different for new users compared to the "old" users ...

[Roopesh Nair]

Hello Tor ,

no Major difference found..any guess..?

[Torsten.]

home directory, default shell, NIS/LDAP/whatever, different software on the clients (ssh), ...

[Roopesh Nair]

No Issue found on the said files...as issue exist If I am deleting a user without -r and recreating the same.

pls suggest more..!

[Torsten.]

You need to tell more details about the problem ...

[Roopesh Nair]

Hi Tor ,

The Issue facing is ..

1.New Users are not able to get prompt.
2. users are getting created and able to switch to their shell using su - username from root login
3. it is getting fetched in syslog saying user logged in via ssh2
4. in # who command output user is not showing as logged in
5. old users are also having same issue if i am recreating them with old home directory.(userdel without -r option)
6. All existing users are logging in without any time delay.

Think this will help you out..!

Thanks for Time.

Roopesh

[Shibin_2]

>> 1.New Users are not able to get prompt.
>> 2. users are getting created and able to switch to their shell using su - username from root login

Have you cross checked the .profile of old user and new user?

When you do su - username, it bypass .profile.

[Roopesh Nair]

Hi Shibin ,

User is getting logged in after 30--45 minutes only..any guess..?

[Shibin_2]

30-45 min is very huge delay.

Are you running out of space? Check the space in / and /var. May be you can clear the wtmp logs, it may be very huge.

Are you having problems like proc table nearly full ?