Re: new user help?

["Daniel F. Montagnese" <dmontagnese mutoh com>]

Linn Kubler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just added a new user to my system but it doesn't seem to work.  If I
> use su - <newuser> from root it lets me in and I'm left in the user's
> home directory.  However, if I try to login at the console it simply
> flashes the screen and returns to the login prompt.
>
> Is there something else I need to do to give this user access to the
> system?
>
> If I try to login to FTP for this user I get a failed login message and
> via SSH I get access denied.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Linn
>
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You probably already checked the entry for the user in /etc/passwd.