Aaargh! PAM slays me!

[David Nedrow]

On Sep 16, 2005, at 9:26 PM, David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote:

> listbox at nedron.net wrote:
>
>
>> This all worked fine under FC3. We upgraded the box to FC4, now  
>> no  one is able to ssh in as root. The following error is  
>> generated in  the /var/log/secure file:
>>
>> sshd[6048]: fatal: Access denied for user root by PAM account   
>> configuration
>>
>>
> Wouldn't it be safer to add specific users to the sudo file and  
> have people who need root just do an su after logging in as them self?
>
> I always hate it when someone doesn't answer my question but  
> suggests an alternative like the above so apologies in advance if  
> this won't work for you for some reason.

Heh. That's how I would normally handle it, but this is one of those  
"special" circumstances. The box is strictly a target for testing,  
resides by itself on an private, isolated /29 and is physically hard  
to get to. For this particular setup, I have to be able to come in  
via ssh as root. It's a long story. ;)

More than anything, I'm mostly interested in what has caused this and  
how to fix, just as a point of curiosity.

-David