User Account Requirements

The SSH protocol authentication process centers around a user account. All forms of authentication will require a username. The username requirements of the SSH Collection Module module are the requirements of the SSH protocol, including but not limited to:

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The user account must be a valid, known user account on the target system.

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The user account must be enabled.

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The user account must have a valid shell permitting sign in.

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The user account must be permitted to perform sign in via SSH.

Some systems will not include the /sbin directory in the default command $PATH. For reference, the environment variable $PATH contains a colon-delimited list of directories that the shell searches for commands that are not provided using absolute paths. Some commands required by the SSH Collection Module are located in the /sbin directory, and if this is not included in the $PATH, attempts to utilize the commands will fail. It is highly recommended that the /sbin directory be included in the $PATH for the user account being utilized. For details, see the Configuration Examples.