[plug] OpenSSH

[Bill Kenworthy]

You say you have tried a user password yet the error message is for root - all the rehat systems I have used (when telneting,
not SSH though) require a user login then su up to root for security, could that be the problem?

BillK


Subba Rao wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have downloaded OpenSSH and am trying to get it to work. The sshd is started in .xinitrc.
> After logging in, the 'ps' command does list it:
>
> (0)root at myhost:~ => ps waux | grep ssh
> root     18615  0.0  0.8  1424  536 ?    S    Jan19   0:01 sshd -f /usr/local/etc/sshd_config -h /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
>
> After that, I am issuing the ssh-agent command. I have tried 2 options.
>
> $ ssh-agent bash
> $ ssh-agent login
>
> The instance of ssh-agent seem to be valid only for that xterm. Once the xterm is
> terminated, the ssh-agent is terminated too.
>
> The keys (identity file) have been generated. Then I add the keys using ssh-add.
>
> (0)root at myhost:~ => ssh-add
> Need passphrase for /root/.ssh/identity
> Enter passphrase for root at myhost:
> Identity added: /root/.ssh/identity (root at myhost)
>
> When I try to login from NT, using TeraTermPro+TTSSH or Putty, the system says invalid
> password. I have tried the user's Linux password and the SSH key passphrase.
> The system log has the following entry.
>
> Jan 20 07:36:23 myhost sshd[21993]: Failed password for ROOT from 10.3.23.21 port 2483
> Jan 20 07:36:27 myhost sshd[21993]: Received disconnect:
>
> What am I doing wrong here? How do I establish the SSH session between the Linux
> and NT boxen?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> Subba Rao
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