[Info-vax] stumped by SSH

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <n9g7me$ij3$8 at news.kjsl.com>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de
(Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes: 

> In article <n9eueq$8vf$1 at news.kjsl.com>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de
> (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes: 
> 
> Several replies today, but none related to what seems the only hot 
> clue:
> 
> > The only other difference is the presence of
> > DECW$XAUTHORITY.DECW$XAUTH;1 in the simple account which works and the 
> > lack of it in the simple account which doesn't work.  This doesn't seem 
> > relevant, as I am looging in via the command line, but you never know.
> > I then checked to see which accounts have this file.  Some do, some 
> > don't.  In each category, there are some accounts for which I know the 
> > password and some for which I don't.  So [drumroll, please], I went 
> > through all to see which work and, lo and behold, I can log in via ssh 
> > if and only if DECW$XAUTHORITY.DECW$XAUTH;1 is present.

I renamed DECW$XAUTHORITY.DECW$XAUTH;1 in an account which didn't work, 
and it still works.  :-(