[Gloucs] ssh/sshd

[Macdonald-Wallace, Matthew J]

Adam,

PAM is not installed, should it be?

Matt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Langley [mailto:agl@imperialviolet.org]
>Sent: 13 May 2003 12:45
>To: gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [Gloucs] ssh/sshd
>
>
>On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 11:17:53AM +0100, Macdonald-Wallace, 
>Matthew J wrote:
>> It's telling me that my password is invalid/incorrect, but I 
>knbow I'm
>> typing it correctly!  I've even tried changing the root 
>password on the new
>> box to "12345" (Its not on a real network, just a crossover 
>cable and I've
>> changed it back since!) and then trying that and it won't 
>let me login. Oh,
>> and other usernames won't work either...
>
>If you have PermitRootLogin and PasswordAuthentication set to 
>yes in your sshd
>config then it's probably a PAM problem. Have a look in 
>/etc/pam.d. If you
>don't know what to do with PAM files then try this:
>
># cd /etc/pam.d
># mv sshd sshd.backup
># cp login sshd
>
>(if the `mv` fails, don't worry).
>
>I hasten to point out that PasswordAuthentication should be 
>disabled on a
>secure box (as should PermitRootLogin). Google for details on 
>setting up pubkey
>auth.
>
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