[Jailkit-users] Re: need help with jk_lsh error "cannot find user name..."

[Olivier Sessink]

James Munn wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I'm hoping someone on this list can help me.  This is the second time
> I've installed jailkit and it seems like I'm running into a whole new
> set of problems.  I've got through most of them but there is one that is
> still preventing me from setting up an sftp connection using a jail
> user.  I have a jailed user "dropboxDEV" (uid=505) and I'm trying to
> test my sftp connecting using the following command:
> 
> sftp address@hidden
> 
> The connection aborts immediately after login.  My sys log says the
> following:
> 
> Jan 13 21:30:23 147938-app1 sshd(pam_unix)[9736]: session opened for
> user dropboxDEV by (uid=0)
> Jan 13 21:30:23 147938-app1 jk_chrootsh[9741]: now entering jail
> /home/jail for user dropboxDEV (505)
> Jan 14 03:30:23 147938-app1 jk_lsh[9741]: jk_lsh version 2.3, started
> Jan 14 03:30:23 147938-app1 jk_lsh[9741]: cannot find user name for uid
> 505: Success

this time reply to the list:

possibly you are on a 64bit system and not all 64bit libnss* libraries
are in the jail?

you can also remove the /home/jail/etc/passwd file and run jk_jailuser
another time to reinstall it.

regards,
        Olivier