Hi,
> > On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:01 -0700, Karl Kobata wrote:
> > > I have installed cento 5.3. I enabled the ssh deamon. I have found
> > > that 2 options that I normally use does respond as I expect. Has
> > > anyone else had similar problems with the following options in
> > > sshd_config:
> > >
> > > - Port 6666 – if I set the port to anything other than 22 (default),
> > > using ssh –p6666 name at servername, does not work. Yet if I leave keep
> > > the default, then ssh name at servername allows me to login.
> > Did you check your iptables rules ? port 6666 is closed by default. I
> > use a sshd with port 443, so it should work.
> Was this the only change you made to change the port?
Yes the only change to change the port in the SSHD.
> Did you also makes changes in iptables?
Of course : iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j ACCEPT -p tcp --dport
6666
and after that to make it persistent : service iptables save
for more options : man iptables (which you should read before playing
with firewalls).
> > > - PasswordAuthentication no – if I set this option to “no” (default is
> > > “yes”), and my ssh key is either missing or in error, I will be
> > > prompted for user system login password. If this is set to “no”, it
> > > should not allow me to login if I have not ssh key specified or in
> > > error. Has anyone else run into this problem.
> > Erhm.. I remember it does ask for a password but just doesn't let you
> > in. But I can me mistaken :)
> It does ask you for a password, and if you entered your user system password,
> It will log you in. I am surprised that this failure exists.
I think its not a failure ;)
Regards,
Michel
>
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