[wplug] scp, ssh, ftp login only root

[Bob Schmertz]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Scott Kiesling wrote:

>Hi all-
>
>I think there is probably a simple answer to this, but I'm not good with
>the networking stuff:

Speaking of "networking", what happens if you ssh from localhost?  Read 
on...

>
>I am trying to use ssh, scp, and ftp to log into my machine (the former
>preferred). When I try to log in, I get the message "530 Authentication
>failed, sorry Login failed." When I try loggin in as root (dangerous, I
>know), it works. I am using the same password I use successfully when
>loggin in at the console. What is wrong? How can I fix it? 

Hmmm... shadow passwords not set up correctly?  How did you set your 
user passwords up, anyway?  'passwd' command, or what?

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