ssh problem [solved]

[Qchem]

Also Qchem the same thing happens if he tries to ssh into my box.

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But the user mysti does exist on his box?

 

Are they forwarding port 22 on their setup too?

[mystified]

But the user mysti does exist on his box?

 

Are they forwarding port 22 on their setup too?

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Yes it does and he's very savvy in networking so I'm sure his box is set up correctly.

[Qchem]

Does /var/log/secure tell you anything, on either end?

[mystified]

Does /var/log/secure tell you anything, on either end?

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I don't have a /var/log/secure

[Qchem]

Nothing relevant in /var/log/messages either? Checking for PAM errors might be an idea.

[mystified]

Nothing relevant in /var/log/messages either? Checking for PAM errors might be an idea.

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I don't have a /var/log/messages. Just for the hell of it I recompiled PAM with ssh support but it didn't make a difference. Sorry I don't feel like I'm being very helpful here but I'm just completely stumped by this problem. I've been using ssh with the same set up for almost two years and nothing has changed.

[Qchem]

Do you not have a system logger running?

 

If so, try taking a look at its output file.

[mystified]

It just shows a PAM authentication failure.

[jboy]

There's a section in /etc/sshd_config about PAM authentication. Do you need to have UsePAM set to yes?

 

# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,

# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will

# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication mechanism.

# Depending on your PAM configuration, this may bypass the setting of

# PasswordAuthentication, PermitEmptyPasswords, and

# "PermitRootLogin without-password". If you just want the PAM account and

# session checks to run without PAM authentication, then enable this but set

# ChallengeResponseAuthentication=no

UsePAM no

[mystified]

There's nothing about PAM in my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file.

[jboy]

No, it should be in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

[mystified]

I don't have a sshd_config.

[mystified]

My mistake. Yes I do have a sshd_config and I changed PAM authentication to no with the same results.

[tyme]

do you have a hosts.deny? what does it say?

[mystified]

I do in Mandrake but not in Gentoo which is what I'm in atm.