Matt Conroy

If you are here you have probably seen this error “530 Login incorrect”

In order to fix this problem you need to ensure that the shell being used for the user in question is in the file /etc/shell.

# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/bin/csh
/bin/sh
/usr/bin/es
/usr/bin/ksh
/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/rc
/usr/bin/tcsh
/bin/tcsh
/usr/bin/esh
/bin/dash
/bin/bash
/bin/rbash
/usr/bin/screen

Any shell that is in this file will allow the user to connect.

Filed under: Linux on January 26th, 2008