SSH won't accept passwords

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 06:31:02 -0500, volvoguy <volvoguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> 
> I've been trying to help out a friend install and use Ubuntu, but
> unfortunately he lives thousands of miles away. Not usually a big
> deal, but when you run into snags it can be really frustrating.
> 
> Anyway, he installed Warty from the pressed CD's and for the most part
> everything worked as it should. One of the things he was impressed
> that I was doing is forwarding an X session via SSH to my iBook. . The
> only thing I've ever done to get this to work is install
> "openssh-server". He's also done that and neither of us (locally or
> remotely - and yes, we opened up / forwarded those ports on our
> routers) are able to log into the machine via SSH. We get a
> username/password prompt, but it never accepts them.
> 
> I would have attributed this to internet funk or a glitch in our
> router/firewall setup, but the fact that he can't log in to the
> machine on his own LAN has really got me stumped. He's definitely able
> to log in to the machine directly - as we've been adding/upgrading
> software through the course of the night.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions about where to look next? More
> troubleshooting steps?
> 

I haven't had this problem, but have you looked in
/etc/ssh/shhd_config and fiddled a little with the options there? If
that doesn't work quickly, I can send you a copy of mine.

-Eamonn