On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 12:07 -0800, Peter Serwe wrote: > Found an ldif user recipe for CentOS5.2.. > > Added the user "tactest" with the password "tactest". > > Dec 16 12:05:30 ldap sshd[11705]pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user > unknown > Dec 16 12:05:30 ldap sshd[11705]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication > failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=ldap > Dec 16 12:05:30 ldap sshd[11705]: pam_succeed_if(sshd:auth): error > retrieving information about user tactest > > auth still fails. ---- before you get into authorizations... does the user show? I think not... getent passwd |grep tactest if that's the case, and you want help from the list... what is in files... /etc/nsswitch.com /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/ldap.conf Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.