On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Ian Carter White wrote:
> I am a software developer attempting to log onto a Linux server using SSH
> 2.4. I am running Windows 2000 on a laptop and use a dialup connection to
> the internet.
>
> Each time I attempt to log on, I receive a message like the following:
>
> Authentication failed. You probably typed your password wrong. Try again. If
> after several tries you still can't log on, talk to your system
> administrator.
>
> And then I get:
>
> No further authentication methods available.
>
> These messages appear _before_ I have been prompted for my password. My
> system administrator says that, according to the logs, my software is
> initiating the disconnect.
>
> Another wrinkle: I am unable to log on only when I am in a certain school in
> Waltham, MA. I have been able to log on elsewhere. Note that I am able to do
> everything else I want to on the internet, such as send and receive email
> and download web pages and binaries and the like.
Your server probably set its /etc/hosts.allow (or /etc/hosts.deny)
to deny access from this school in Waltham. Your laptop's IP as it
connects via dialup may have also been denied.
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