Unable to get the SSH access for a new user

Question

I created a new user on ubuntu 10 username: codeuser

There is an existing user called "admin". Now, my problem is that I cannot directly connect to the server using the codeuser credentials. But, I can SSH in through "admin" and then su (change the user to codeuser) and it works. How do I get the shell access to the codeuser user ?

This is the output of my files:

cat /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/bash
admin:x:1000:1000:,,,:/home/admin:/bin/bash
ftp:x:107:65534::/home/ftp:/bin/false
codeuser:x:1004:33::/home/codeuser:/bin/bash


cat /etc/group

root:x:0:
www-data:x:33:
codeuser:x:1005:



iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination          
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:mysql  

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination          

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Answer 1

Check /etc/ssh/sshd_config for allowed users list. If it is OK, the problem is more complex. Try to connect as "ssh codeuser@your-server -v"

Answer 2

Check /var/log/auth.log for any errors. Did you assign codeuser a password using the passwd command?

Answer 3

Try to check /var/log/auth.log for possible error messages.

Also, ask the user to try to login with ssh -v, for more verbose output.

Hope this helps!