permission is constantly denied

[Nestler, David J.]

I was wondering if anyone else had this problem, I've read through the man
files and I can't seem to figure it out.  I know the SSH server is
listening, as I get a resoponse from it and it asks me for the password,
yet, whenever I enter the password, for any user, it says permission denied.
anyone have any ideas on this?

Oh, I'm running the latest version of OpenSSH on a Slackware 7.1 machine.

Thanks in advance for any help...