[linux] connection woes

[David Talkington]

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Michal Guerquin wrote:

> I've had this happen to another machine before, and a
> solution was to reinstall.

That's not a solution, it is an admission of defeat.  ;-)

> In short, I can't remotely log in as a non-root user
> to a particular machine.

I haven't seen this particular problem, but here are the first three 
things that occur to me:

1. Is this a new problem on a machine that previously worked as 
expected?  If so, what changed and who changed it?

2. Does it fail with all non-root users, or just mikeg?  Create a fresh, 
unmolested dummy account and try it. If it succeeds, go looking for a 
problem in mikeg's environment (something in your .profile, .login, etc. 
that's interfering with your joy?).

3. If we're still not enlightened, then I draw your attention to dtalk's 
tenet #2 of systems administration: if something only works as root, 
check permissions on everything relevant.

Hope this helps a bit ... -d

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