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slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

ssh won't accept password

i just installed openssh on arch64 and i can't ssh in to the box. it asks for the password, then gives permission denied, try again. on the third time, it says permission denied (publickey, password) and quits. i can ssh out, but not in. it's the same config file i use on my x86 install, copied directly from the other partition. i removed all the keys and known_hosts entries in ~/.ssh i had set up on the other computers for no password login. so it seems like it should work, i just don't get why it's refusing the password. :?:

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: ssh won't accept password

Use -vvv with ssh and it might tell you a bit more. If that's not enough, you should try the same idea on the sshd side: shut it down, and run it yourself with "/usr/sbin/sshd -ddd". It will spew debug output onto that terminal while you try to log in.

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: ssh won't accept password

thanks! i had forgotten that i had used the AllowUsers directive in the config file. :0 the verbose output gave the answer right away.