Greetings from Red Hat!! 1) How to add a group to the same file? Create a file /etc/sshd.users and for group create a file /etc/sshd.group. Please enter the user name [one name each line] and the specific group names in the /etc/sshd.group For example: # vi /etc/sshd.users test1 test2 test3 #vi /etc/sshd.group group1 group2 group5 Save both the files and in /etc/pam.d/sshd add the following lines to the end of the file, # vi /etc/pam.d/sshd auth required pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/sshd.users onerr=succeed auth required pam_listfile.so item=group sense=deny file=/etc/sshd.group onerr=succeed