Topic: login using shh/putty as a user instead of root

[dr_rude]

i read previous msg about login to root using ssh/putty. my questions is how to use user instead of root to access thru server using putty or ssh?

[chris burnat]

The easy way is to get dungog shellaccess contrib.  The other way is to search the forum, there was a post a few days ago outlining how to do this by editing the /etc/passwd file and manually changing the shell.  You may also find an answer here:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=8646.msg32423#msg32423
and http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=27128.0

PS: when doing a search, click "show all results"...

[dr_rude]

tq burnat 4 d links!