Need to have pam correctly configured:
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).
In the INSTALL or README file in default build...
ar
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roy S. Rapoport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OpenSSH 2.5.2p2, Linux, and not accepting passwords
Precedence: bulk
Well this is bizarre.
Default install of openssh on this linux box (originally RedHat
but I think someone's put a new kernel on it -- it reports itself
as 2.2.12-20 when I do uname -a. Sorry, Solaris is my forte, not
Linux).
It all works.
Oh, except for logging in using password authentication. It
prompts for a password, but reports incorrect password. And,
umm, I'm pretty darn sure I type it correctly. That's not an issue.
How the heck do I debug this?
-roy
