[wplug] scp, ssh, ftp login only root
Scott Kiesling
kiesling+ at pitt.edu
Thu Apr 3 16:00:18 EST 2003
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 00:21, Bob Schmertz wrote:
> 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 don't know how to do this. Please enlighten me.
>
> >
> >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?
I used useradd. I've changed the password once, I think I probably used
'passwd' .
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