Yes:
phil:*:50222:50222:pr hh:/home/phil:/bin/bash
testuser1:*:18044:18044:T t:/home/testuser1:/bin/bash
testuser2:*:34381:34381:Hhn cd:/home/testuser2:/bin/bash
Ok. Everything seems ok except nscld.
And this is quite strange… : foodie**..**nohost.me
Could you check your hostname ?
Sorry i had to add an extra dot because it was detected as a link by this forum and as a newbie i m not allowed links….
I didn’t expect anybody to have eagle eyes. Good on you! 
So I rebooted the VPS. I still can’t login with ssh to my server but also to my surprise my webbrowser can’t connect to the webadmin anymore. Usually i just put the ip address or the domain name in the url bar and it appears… it is getting stranger
Check sudo fail2ban-client status sshd and sudo fail2ban-client status nginx-http-auth and systemctl status nginx
And can you su - testuser2 from testuser1’s session ?
Did also try changing phil’s password via cli ?
(as root)
su - phil
passwd # current ldap password will be asked
root@Teenage14:~# fail2ban-client status sshd Status for the jail: sshd
|- Filter
| |- Currently failed: 1
| |- Total failed: 1
| `- File list: /var/log/auth.log
`- Actions
|- Currently banned: 0
|- Total banned: 0
`- Banned IP list:
root@Teenage14:~# fail2ban-client status nginx-http-auth
Status for the jail: nginx-http-auth
|- Filter
| |- Currently failed: 0
| |- Total failed: 0
| `- File list: /var/log/nginx/error.log /var/log/nginx/giggly.nohost.me-error.log
`- Actions
|- Currently banned: 0
|- Total banned: 0
`- Banned IP list:
And:
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-12-14 01:59:18 UTC; 16min ago Docs: man:nginx(8)Main PID: 46193 (nginx)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 1100) Memory: 29.1M CPU: 336ms CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service ├─46193 "nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on;" └─72125 "nginx: worker process"Dec 14 01:59:18 Teenage14 systemd[1]: Started nginx.service - A high performance web server and >
Dec 14 01:59:56 Teenage14 systemd[1]: Reloading nginx.service - A high performance web server an>
Dec 14 01:59:56 Teenage14 nginx[69290]: 2025/12/14 01:59:56 [notice] 69290#69290: signal process>
Dec 14 01:59:56 Teenage14 systemd[1]: Reloaded nginx.service - A high performance web server and>
Dec 14 02:10:21 Teenage14 systemd[1]: Reloading nginx.service - A high performance web server an>
Dec 14 02:10:21 Teenage14 nginx[70022]: 2025/12/14 02:10:21 [notice] 70022#70022: signal process>
Dec 14 02:10:21 Teenage14 systemd[1]: Reloaded nginx.service - A high performance web server and>
Dec 14 02:11:46 giggly..nohost.me systemd[1]: Reloading nginx.service - A high performance web se>
Dec 14 02:11:46 giggly..nohost.me nginx[72118]: 2025/12/14 02:11:46 [notice] 72118#72118: signal >
Dec 14 02:11:46 giggly..nohost.me systemd[1]: Reloaded nginx.service - A high performance web se
I also tried everything from a laptop. Exact same problem.
testuser1@giggly:~$ su - testuser2 Password: su: Authentication failure
Same problem after changing phil’s password.
Would it ve worth installing a different version of yunohost?
If so which one and what s the command line please?
…Running out of ideas for a fresh YunoHost installation… And it doesn’t seem to be a YNH related issue.
I would try creating a local (and non-ldap) user and modifying the sshd_config file to allow SSH access for that user for testing purpose.
Is this a new VPS provider, or have you already installed multiple YNH servers with them?
Is it a standard Debian 12 installation (from the official repo)?
I have done that exact same procedure with the same VPS provider and same phone dozens of time. The only thing that has changed over time would be the versions of software used (except Debian 12 which is the same)