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From: | Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de> |
Subject: | Re: sshd: public key working, but can't get passwords working |
Date: | Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:54:31 +0100 |
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* Michael Hipp (Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:38:02 -0500) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * Michael Hipp (Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:36:48 -0500) > >> Daniel Griscom wrote: > >>> At 7:32 PM -0500 7/29/07, René Berber wrote: > >>>> Back to the original problem: did you use ssh-user-config? (I guess > >>>> What you reported about the log is simple, the password used is not > >>>> correct... > >>>> it should prompt you 3 times and then close the connection; or the > >>>> configuration > >>>> does not allow password authentication, let's check this last one: > >>>> > >>>> In /etc/sshd_config you should have: > >>>> > >>>> #PasswordAuthentication yes > >>>> #PermitEmptyPasswords no > >>>> #UsePAM no > >>> All three lines are present and commented out (as above). > >> I thought you were trying to use public/private key authentication, not > >> password authentication? > >> > >> If so, then the first line above needs to be uncommented and changed to > >> 'no'. > > > > No, password authentication and public are not mutually exlusive. The > > default is fine. > > I didn't say they were. But since he's trying to use public/private key > authentication then he probably wouldn't want password authentication > available as an attack vector. Okay, understood. I was under the impression that you were suggesting that password authentication has to be turned off to have public key authentication work. You just meant it is advisable to turn it off if you want public key authentication. D'accord. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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