From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 5:26:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6997337B401 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 05:26:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumter.awod.com (sumter.awod.com [208.140.99.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B47143E65 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 05:26:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stanb@awod.com) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010372pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.67]) by sumter.awod.com (8.8.7/8.12.2) with ESMTP id IAA87020 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:26:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from stanb@awod.com) X-Authentication-Warning: sumter.awod.com: User sandib [pcp01010372pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net] popped 20 seconds ago Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17uBFc-0003Ha-00 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:26:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:26:44 -0400 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Strange ssh behavior Message-ID: <20020925122644.GA12494@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.17 X-Uptime: 08:23:44 up 28 days, 4:54, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.36, 0.35 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In an effort to improve our internal network security a bit, I decided to convert all my machines from telnet to ssh. On several older FreeBSD machines (4.2 STABLE), after I started sshd and try to ssh to them from my 4.6 STABLE laptop, I got the following prompt: $ ssh cogenal otp-md5 208 co9817 ext Response: How can I make this just prompt for the user ID/password? Thanks. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message