[wplug] OpenSSH

Henry Umansky hmust2+ at pitt.edu
Mon Dec 30 13:01:16 EST 2002


Compiling it with md5-password support did the trick, thank you coldie!!!

-Henry

--On Thursday, December 26, 2002 1:32 PM -0500 coldfire <coldfire at duq.edu> 
wrote:r

> if you compiled it yourself, make sure you enable md5 auth when you run
> configure ..
>
>
> coldie
>
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 08:12:09PM -0500, Henry Umansky wrote:
>> Merry xmas everyone, I just installed OpenSSH and I am trying to start
>> an  ssh daemon
>> service.  It seems to start alright and the logs don't give me any
>> errors. However, when I try to login with the following command "ssh
>> <username>@localhost" it gives me the password prompt, after entering the
>> correct password it says "Access denied" and then I look in
>> /var/log/secure it gives me the following error:
>>
>> "sshd[<random pid #>]: Failed password for <username> from <IP address>
>> port <port>"
>>
>> Even when I tried to login from a different machine, it gives me the same
>> "Access denied" error.  I know the username and password are correct,
>> but it does this for any user I attempt to login with.  I tried
>> different config files, I tried a blank one, which will start sshd with
>> the default configuration, didn't work, then I tried my friends config
>> file, he got his sshd working, but that file didn't work on my machine.
>> I have a feeling it has something to do with PAM, but I have no idea how
>> to let anyone on my passwd file authenticate.  I'm running Red Hat 7.1
>> with kernel 2.4.7-10 and OpenSSH version 3.3p1.
>>
>> Henry
>> hmust2 [at] pitt [dot] edu
>>
>>
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Henry Umansky
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