Why does my ISPConfig server send me this: I got two emails, same contents and looks like same send time to the second. I created at about that time a new shell user, but I can not see how that user would be root or in group root. And checking from shell shows it is not. It is a jailed user, if that has something to do with this. One thing not usual with this is the website belonged to another user previously, I changed owner and created new database, dbuser, ftp user and shell user.
The error message is a bit misleading as it was originally just a check for root, basically, it means username or groupname not allowed. The following checks are performed: Code: public function is_allowed_user($username, $check_id = true, $restrict_names = false) { global $app; $name_blacklist = array('root','ispconfig','vmail','getmail'); if(in_array($username,$name_blacklist)) return false; if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]{1,32}$/', $username) == false) return false; if($check_id && intval($this->getuid($username)) < $this->min_uid) return false; if($restrict_names == true && preg_match('/^web\d+$/', $username) == false) return false; return true; } public function is_allowed_group($groupname, $check_id = true, $restrict_names = false) { global $app; $name_blacklist = array('root','ispconfig','vmail','getmail'); if(in_array($groupname,$name_blacklist)) return false; if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]{1,32}$/', $groupname) == false) return false; if($check_id && intval($this->getgid($groupname)) < $this->min_gid) return false; if($restrict_names == true && preg_match('/^client\d+$/', $groupname) == false) return false; return true; } So the user or group is either in the blacklist, it does not match the requirements for the regex or it starts with the word web plus a number, which is reserved as well.
Error message would indeed be better with more specific message. And it shoud say which shell user was in error. I created only one shell user yesterday, so I assumed that was the culprit. But I still do not understand what was wrong with that user, if indeed that user was the problem.
