[wplug] scp, ssh, ftp login only root

[Scott Kiesling]

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' .