On 8/12/2019 4:42 PM, Keith Steensma wrote: > > > On 8/12/2019 9:18 AM, john doe wrote: >> On 8/12/2019 3:23 PM, Keith Steensma wrote: >>> I've installed both Version 9.9 (OldStable) and 'Buster' (Stable) and >>> found that both version seem to have the same problem. It's like I'm >>> doing something wrong. But these are fresh installs - no modification. >>> >>> With Secure Shell server installed and running on port 22 (or any other >>> port of your choice) and iptable Chain Input and Output Policy Accept >>> All. When I try to connect from a Windows machine using 'putty' >>> (without letting 'putty' fill in any user name) and fill in a regular >>> user's login name, Secure Shell refuses to allow that connection and >>> replies back "Access denied' and asks for the password again and again, >>> and again. Never allowing the connection. >>> >>> The same thing happens if I fill in 'root' as the login even though a >>> 'root' login is not permitted in the default 'sshd_config' >>> configuration. Even when I change the configuration to allow for 'root' >>> login, 'root' can never login. >>> >>> Has anyone run into this behavior before or know about a fix for this >>> problem. I have formatted, installed, reinstalled and Googled so many >>> times that I many be going crazy. >>> >> A username needs to be specified for putty to be able to connect to the >> SSH server. >> So after a fresh install of Debian in putty try to enter the username >> and the password of the non-root user you have created at install time. >> >> >> For the time being clear any rules in iptables and try to install >> Debian with SSH pkg and see how it goes from there. >> >> >> I have no problem accessing my servers on Stretch or Buster after an >> upgrade from Stretch to Buster or after an fresh install of both >> releases. >> >> -- >> John Doe >> > I've done that more than a few times. Even to the point of thinking it > was the hardware > (which it is not). I had been using the net install version and > considered that it was tainted,
No problem here with 'netinst.iso' file, did you checksummed and verified the iso file before using it? > so I download a full dvd version but it is the same way. I've used > Debian for over 10 years > and never been faced with something like this. > > BTW. Where in putty do you put the user's password? I've never seen > that slot. I know where > the user's key goes, but not the user's password. > For me, after entering the server hostname/ip and port I click on open then I get prompted to enter the username and then the password. -- John Doe