ssh problemRESOLVED

[maxim wexler]

--- Guillermo Garron <guillermo.fedora at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 8/30/06, maxim wexler <blissfix at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > and then try again if it fails,
> > > send me your
> > >
> > > $ sudo iptables -L
> > > please,
> > >
> > OK, now we're getting somewhere. Now it gets to
> the
> > door but won't accept my password.
> >
> > I edited /etc/sshd_config to allow "empty
> passwords".
> > Nope. Then I edited it to allow "challenge
> response
> > authentication". Nope. Still get(ssh to kubuntu
> box
> > from gentoo box) "permission denied". Don't
> > understand. When I ssh from the kubuntu box I
> enter my
> > user's password on the gentoo box and I'm in, no
> > problem.
> >
> > So here's iptables -L as per request:
> >
> > alazarin at alazarin-desktop:~$ sudo iptables -L
> > Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> > target     prot opt source              
> destination
> >
> > Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> > target     prot opt source              
> destination
> >
> > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> > target     prot opt source              
> destination
> >
> thanks,
> 
> no problem at all with your IPTables, they are all
> open.
> please give us what you get on your
> /var/log/auth.log
> on the ubuntu machine.

<...>
Aug 31 12:20:53 alazarin-desktop sshd[6121]: Failed
password for invalid user alisarin from 192.168.0.1
port 44941 ssh2
<...>

I made up a host name with a slightly different
spelling than my user name. But ssh only will
recognize my actual user name and password. 


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