In addition from the INSTALL file for openssh 2.9p2:
If you are using PAM, you may need to manually install a PAM control
file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system prefers to keep
them). Note that the service name used to start PAM is __progname,
which is the basename of the path of your sshd (e.g., the service name
for /usr/sbin/osshd will be osshd). If you have renamed your sshd
executable, your PAM configuration may need to be modified.
A generic PAM configuration is included as "contrib/sshd.pam.generic",
you may need to edit it before using it on your system. If you are
using a recent version of Red Hat Linux, the config file in
contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful. Failure to install a
valid PAM file may result in an inability to use password
authentication. On HP-UX 11 and Solaris, the standard /etc/pam.conf
configuration will work with sshd (sshd will match the other service
name).
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-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wooledge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:54 AM
To: Michael B. Allen
Cc: Benoit Langevin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Permission denied 2.9p2 RH 6.2
On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 01:49:46AM -0400, Michael B. Allen wrote:
> Almost! But not quite. I'm using pam now and cranked up debugging.
> debug1: PAM Password authentication for "sshtest" failed[7]:
Authentication failure
> Failed password for sshtest from 192.168.1.16 port 1051 ssh2
Are you using md5 passwords? If so, make sure /etc/pam.d/ssh* is
aware of that (i.e., add "md5" to the list of options for the relevant
module if needed).