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Date:      Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:41:56 -0700
From:      Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
To:        John Case <case@sdf.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Did /nonexistent go away in FreeBSD 9 ?
Message-ID:  <CAHu1Y73eUgNPWpzjzwH_RuNXos8NiGSZV3_1Z7tBn80LKw6g0w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1408212027070.26741@faeroes.freeshell.org>
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:29 PM, John Case <case@sdf.org> wrote:

> The problem was the securelevel=2.
>
> If you have securelevel=2 set, the username for an ssh tunnel cannot log in
> and set up the tunnel with a shell of /nonexistent.
>
> I have no idea why - ssh tunnel failed with a message taht the home
> directory did not exist ... which is correct, since it shouldn't exist.
>
> I removed the securelevel setting and it worked perfectly (the ssh tunnel).
>
> I have no idea why the securelevel setting would cause this...
>
> Any ideas ?  I would actually like to set securelevel=2, but I also need my
> ssh tunnel to work ...

What's the tunnel for? I.e., what sub-protocol are you using? scp? How
are you authenticating?

- M



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