Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 16:47:55 -0400 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> Cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3beta2 Message-ID: <20040905204755.GD15019@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040905130534.01b64f98@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040905130534.01b64f98@mail.dc2.adelphia.net>
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On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 01:13:00PM -0400, Bob Ababurko wrote:
> I am not sure if this is fit for this list but we'll soon find
> out...... I just installed 5.3 beta2 on my Ultra2 and I am not able to log
> into the box remotely via ssh. I am trying to log in with a user that I
> created, eg. not root. What I get is:
>
> "unable to authenticate using any of the configured authentication methods"
>
> The reason that I post this hdere is because before the system comes up,
> there was a screen asking for random characters to be typed in. This is
> where the prob;em may be as I left the console before that happened and
> that event timed out. This is the only thing that I can think of. I have
> checked the config of sshd and it looks the same as the rest of my others.
> Maybe this has happened to someone else out there....i hope! ANy help
> will be much appreciated.
What client are you trying to connect from? We see similar issues here
when students try to connect using old/out-dated SSH client software
running on their PC's. Having them update it to something more recent
usually gets rid of this problem.
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Ken Smith
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