Hi all, I'm trying to show a demo on how to modify PAM so that /etc/nologin is bypass by ssh. I have modified /etc/pam.d/sshd: #%PAM-1.0 auth include common-auth #auth required pam_nologin.so account include common-account password include common-password session include common-session When I try to ssh into the PC, I get logged in, but immediately got kicked out. In /var/log/messages I see this: sshd : User fajar is not allowed because /etc/nologin exists I have 'grep -r nologin /etc And have commented some of the entries in apparmor too, but still cannot login. I once succeeded in bypassing /etc/nologin, but I forget how. Thank you very much, -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 11:09pm up 17:09, 2.6.18.2-34-default GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org