SSH Public Key Authentication Fail If Using Custom Home and SELinux (Doc ID 2640951.1)

Last updated on JUNE 04, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 and later
Linux x86-64

The server have SELinux enable and enforcing

Before changing the home directory:

$ ssh <USER>@<SERVER>
Last login: Mon Feb 17 04:46:54 2020 from ...
[<USER>@<SERVER> ~]$

After moving the home directory of a user to a new location.

$ ssh <USER>@<SERVER>
Password:

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