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8 12:26:14 myserver sshd[29288]: [ID 800047 auth.error] error: Could not get shadow information for NOUSER It would look like a security incident with the "nouser" system account but not so to be. disable selinux The error gets written to /var/adm/messages when a user tries to SSH to the server using a user account which doesn't exist on the system (a typo error can contribute) or on your NIS/NIS+ systems. So no panic!!!! Posted by admin at 1:01 pm Tagged with: nouser, shadow, sshd, sun-solaris Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/solaris-opensolaris-20/could-not-get-shadow-information-for-nouser-508119/ title="">
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Technology - unRAID Server Community » Legacy Support (unRAID 5 and Older) » General Support (V5 and Older) » Could not get shadow http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=9747.0 information for root (Errors)? « previous next » Send this topic Print Pages: [1] 2 Go Down Author Topic: Could not get shadow information for root (Errors)? (Read 10813 times) ombraweb Member Posts: 25 Could not get shadow information for root (Errors)? « on: December 30, 2010, 03:33:53 PM » I am getting the error "Could not get shadow information for root could not (Errors)" what does this mean? Logged BRiT Hero Member Posts: 4688 (?°?°)? Re: Could not get shadow information for root (Errors)? « Reply #1 on: December 30, 2010, 05:43:11 PM » You can ignore that if you're running a 4.x series, as it likely deals with 'ssh' while unRAID does not support shadowed passwords. Logged ombraweb Member Posts: 25 Re: Could not could not get get shadow information for root (Errors)? « Reply #2 on: December 31, 2010, 02:08:03 AM » OK thanks, that's at least one problem solved easily. Logged speedkills Full Member Posts: 154 Re: Could not get shadow information for root (Errors)? « Reply #3 on: January 10, 2011, 04:09:45 PM » I started seeing this error in my logs after I installed transmission from outside of my firewall on transmission ports for ssh2. Does this mean someone is trying to hack me over the ports transmission opened via uPnP or is this just something I should ignore.I was spooked enough when I saw it initially that I shut down transmission but it would be nice to start using it again as long as it is safe to do so. Logged Joe L. Global Moderator Hero Member Posts: 18900 Re: Could not get shadow information for root (Errors)? « Reply #4 on: January 10, 2011, 04:25:47 PM » Quote from: speedkills on January 10, 2011, 04:09:45 PMI started seeing this error in my logs after I installed transmission from outside of my firewall on transmission