How can I grant an already created user shell access?

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Hi Guys,

Our server runs CentOS 6 here on Linode. I had created a user with the following command:

[root@myserver1 ~]# useradd -c "myApp FTP User" -s /bin/false -d /var/www/vhosts/myapp/httpdocs ftp.myapp

Now, it turns out that the (FTP) user I had created, ftp.myapp now requires shell access.

I have attempted to grant the user shell access by editing the sshdconfig file (which is located here /etc/ssh/sshdconfig)

I added these line to the file:

AllowUsers myApp

But when I try to login as this user via SSH (I use putty), after inserting the username and password on the command prompt, the screen exits.

What am I missing here?

I would appreciate any useful input/suggestions.

Thanks.

forum:obs · Answer 1 · Aug. 14, 2013, 12:17 p.m.

Try runningchshand change it to /bin/sh that will change the shell to the default one on the system

forum:redhat19 · Answer 2 · Aug. 14, 2013, 1:02 p.m.

Thanks…

forum:redhat19 · Answer 3 · Aug. 15, 2013, 4:15 p.m.

It turns out that I am not quite there yet.

I still need to grant this user root privileges or sudo rights for some of the admin work the user wants to carry out.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks.

forum:mosephjaxwell · Answer 4 · Aug. 15, 2013, 4:26 p.m.

I believe you can add an existing user to the admin group by using the usermod command.

It should beusermod -a -G sudo <username></username>