On 7/31/2014 12:49 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 07/31/2014 02:13 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
Hi all,
The subject sounds innocent enough. I am trying to ssh from an openSUSE 10.0 system in to an openSUSE 11.2 system. There is a firewall at the 11.2 end. It is not the firewall on the 11.2 itself. That is fully disabled. It is some other device. I told them to open port 22 (tcp and udp). But I still cannot log in. I get the initial ssh questions about the host, and then the password prompt. However, my password is not accepted. If I ask them to open all ports at their end, I can log in just fine. I am, once again, confused. Any ideas? They do not want to keep the firewall for this machine open too long.
Roger,
Take a look in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure you have the UsePam, ChallengeResponseAuthentication, and PasswordAuthentication settings as you want them. Also, make sure there is no problem with AllowGroups setting that are preventing you from connecting. I recall there were changes do the defaults in that time frame, but cannot recall for the life of me what they were. There is also a StrictModes setting that can cause problems if set and the criteria is not met, but you generally get an error pointing to that being the reason.
You can also attempt the connection with 'ssh -vv hostname' to enable verbose connection information on your connect attempt. Something will turn up.
Actually, I think David means to look at the sshd_config on the 11.2 end. And also make sure you are trying to log in as a user and not root. Most ssh servers are set up to not allow root to log in, even back in 11.2 days. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org