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Subject: Weird Authentication Failure
From: bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Bill Bogstad)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:45:58 -0400
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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> A possible answer occurred to me on the way home this evening: UIDs. ?All of these accounts have low UIDs (starting at 201). ?What is the lowest UID that RHELv5 permits by default? ?I'll bet it's significantly higher than 200.

I thought about that as well, but figured it wouldn't have changed
from RHEL 4 to 5.  You might want to compare the /etc/login.defs file
on the two different releases.

Good Luck,
Bill bogstad

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- Weird Authentication Failure
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