Date: 18 Nov 2004 19:08:51 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Ivan Georgiev <georgiev@vt.edu> Cc: Sebastian Holmqvist <sebastian.holmqvist@gmail.com> Subject: Re: CANNOT SSH to my computer Message-ID: <44sm76pung.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200411181815.52222.georgiev@vt.edu> References: <200411172035.59370.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <200411181744.06127.georgiev@vt.edu> <52aaba2404111815002fa91fb2@mail.gmail.com> <200411181815.52222.georgiev@vt.edu>
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Ivan Georgiev <georgiev@vt.edu> writes: > On Thursday 18 November 2004 06:00 pm, Sebastian Holmqvist wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:44:05 -0500, Ivan Georgiev <georgiev@vt.edu> wrote: > > > On Thursday 18 November 2004 08:42 am, Sebastian Holmqvist wrote: > > > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:26:05 +0000, Daniel Bye > > > > > > > > <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 07:49:03AM -0500, Ivan Georgiev wrote: > > > > > > I changed PasswordAuthentication to 'yes' and this time it asks me > > > > > > 6 times for my password (3 times beginning with "Password:" > > > > > > > > > > You can disable these first three by changing > > > > > ChallengeResponseAuthentication to no. > > > > > > > > > > > and another 3 times with "Password for xxxx@yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy) and > > > > > > rejects me again with the same message from sshd. > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like a silly question, I know, but are you typing your > > > > > password correctly? For example, is your local keymap sending the > > > > > right characters to the server? > > > > > > > > > > > Adding more verbosity didn't help me to understand the problem. I > > > > > > also noticed that my ida_dsa.pub key ends with "ivan@" . Usualy I > > > > > > have seen it ending with "someone@some_address_here". Is this a > > > > > > problem? > > > > > > > > > > No, I don't think so. It is just a convenient identifier for human > > > > > consumption - it's somewhat easier to use the last little bit of the > > > > > key than to try and remember the whole keyblock! > > > > > > > > > > Have you copied ida_dsa.pub from the client machine to your > > > > > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the server? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Daniel Bye > > > > > > > > > > PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc > > > > > PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 > > > > > BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - > > > > > proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ > > > > > > > > Sure you have changed your keymap? > > > > > > > > And sorry if I misunderstood, are you trying to ssh to the computer > > > > you're sitting on? > > > > > > I do not think I have done any changes to the keymap. And, yes, I am > > > trying to connect to the computer I am sitting on plus have tried to > > > connect from my office computer. In both cases no luck. > > > > > > I will appreciate if you can help me to resolve the issue. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Ivan > > > > > When you connect from the office-computer, what happends? > > As I said - rejects with Permission denied and a message the log: > sshd[25413]: Failed password for ivan from MY_OFFICE_COMPUTER_ADDRESS port > 44517 ssh2 Try "ssh -v" (and if that doesn't tell you enough, "ssh -vv") and look at the debug output when it asks for and rejects the password. If that doesn't give you more of a clue, try doing the equivalent with sshd.
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