This shows in /var/log/secure.: Apr 8 05:41:17 rac2 sshd[8421]: pam_access(sshd:account): access denied for user `oracle' from `rac1' Apr 8 05:41:17 rac2 sshd[8421]: Failed password for oracle from 192.268.2.1 port 17143 ssh2 Apr 8 05:41:17 rac2 sshd[8422]: fatal: Access denied for user oracle by PAM account configuration On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Also, maybe one of your nodes has the user shell as sbin/nologin? Or has > the account with no password and pam is preventing a login? > > An strafe of your sshd process will give you some useful data. > > Matt > > > > On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:30 PM, "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ugh, it’s 9:15pm, and I’m just now heading home, so, brain is a bit > fried. > > > > First, I don’t suppose you’re installing 11gR2 Clusterware? If you are, > there’s a “SSH Connectivity” button that you click, and Oracle will set > everything up for you. > > > > Otherwise, check the log files. Anything in /var/log/secure? > > > > Try starting sshd in the foreground with the ‘-d’ option to turn on > debugging, and then attempt a login. > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > -Mark > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *John Smith > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:07 PM > *To:* <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* rac user equivalence > > > > Not precisely oracle, but related. Trying to set up user equivalence on > redhat 5. When I ssh from node 2 to node 1, connecting as oracle, it works > fine, no problems. > > But when I ssh from node 1 to node 2 as oracle, it immediately closes the > connection after entering the password. This happens no matter what user id > I connect from to the oracle account. > > I can ssh to other accounts on rac2, but not the oracle account. > > ssh_config and sshd_config are identical, as are hosts.allow and > hosts.deny. Anyone have any ideas? > > [root@rac2 ssh]# ssh oracle@rac1 > oracle@rac1's password: > Last login: Wed Apr 7 15:48:24 2010 from rac2 > [oracle@rac1 ~]$ > > [oracle@rac1 ~]$ ssh oracle@rac2 > oracle@rac2's password: > Connection closed by 192.168.2.223 > > [root@rac1 ~]$ ssh oracle@rac2 > oracle@rac2's password: > Connection closed by 192.168.2.223 > > [root@rac1 ~]$ ssh johns@rac2 > johns@rac2's password: > [johns@rac2 ~]$ > >