On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 05:43:32PM +0200, Frank Niedermann wrote: <snip> > > If I try to use 'x' as wrong password, ssh won't let me in: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive). > > Just as I would expect it. If I use a longer or similar password as the > real root password, ssh will let me log in, example: > real root password = linux4me -> success :) > fake root password = fun4linux -> success! :( > > The ssh package version: > ii ssh 3.8p1-3 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH) > > Any idea about that behavor?
Do you have public keys installed on that server? If you have a key with one password which is different from root's password on that machine, it can explain this behavior. HTH. -- Hamilton Coutinho | panic("Aarggh: attempting to free lock with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | active wait queue - shoot Andy"); Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil | 2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/fs/locks.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]