Re: [TCLUG:15482] OpenSSH

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

It's the same as all the other machines:
Host *
        ForwardAgent no
        ForwardX11 no
        FallBackToRsh no

I tried setting PasswordAuthentication to yes, but that didn't make any
difference.

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> 
> Is the default authentication set to RSA instead of text?  You will have to
> have exchanged RSA keys to make it work - or change the authentication
> mechanism
> 
> /usr/local/etc/ssh_config (I took this from my FreeBSD server (3.4) and
> everything is commented - and works)
> 
> # This is ssh client systemwide configuration file.  This file provides
> # defaults for users, and the values can be changed in per-user
> configuration
> # files or on the command line.
> 
> # Configuration data is parsed as follows:
> #  1. command line options
> #  2. user-specific file
> #  3. system-wide file
> # Any configuration value is only changed the first time it is set.
> # Thus, host-specific definitions should be at the beginning of the
> # configuration file, and defaults at the end.
> 
> # Site-wide defaults for various options
> 
> # Host *
> #   ForwardAgent yes
> #   ForwardX11 yes
> #   RhostsAuthentication yes
> #   RhostsRSAAuthentication yes
> #   RSAAuthentication yes
> #   PasswordAuthentication yes
> #   FallBackToRsh yes
> #   UseRsh no
> #   BatchMode no
> #   CheckHostIP yes
> #   StrictHostKeyChecking no
> #   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity
> #   Port 22
> #   Cipher blowfish
> #   EscapeChar ~
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:23 PM
> Subject: [TCLUG:15482] OpenSSH
> 
> > So I'm standardizing all of our servers and workstations to OpenSSH.  I
> > have 2 questions.
> >
> > First, when I install openssh I have to run ssh-keygen to create the
> > server keys.  It asks me for a passphrase.  What is this passphrase used
> > for?  It apparently happens after the key is generated.  Does it matter
> > if I enter one or not?  It says I can just leave it blank, and if I do
> > it doesn't complain.
> >
> > Also, I've installed it on about 10 machines so far and it's worked
> > flawlessly.  No problems with any of them.  Now I'm installing it on one
> > more server, similar configuration to the others (Slack-7) and there are
> > no problems during compile, but when I ssh in after doing keygen and
> > running sshd, it says "Permission denied, please try again".  I tried it
> > with many different accounts, I know it's not an incorrect password
> > problem.  When I look at the message logs it says Failed password for
> > <user> from <ip>
> >
> >
> > I have no idea how to trace the problem back.  Anyone seen this?
> >
> > --
> > Adam Maloney
> > Systems Administrator
> > Internet Exposure, Inc.
> >
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Adam Maloney
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Internet Exposure, Inc.