[nflug] SSH Permission Denied on local machine

[Rob Dege]

As a sanity check, take a look at the /etc/hosts.deny and see if it lists
any restrictions.  You can also disable the firewall and see if that helps.

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Franklin Kumro Jr <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 and now when I ssh to my local machine my
> password gets denied. My sshd config is below, any idea why this would
> happen? I am logged into the machine and to test I just ssh localhost
>
> # Package generated configuration file
> # See the sshd(8) manpage for details
>
> # What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
> Port 22
> # Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind
> to
> #ListenAddress ::
> #ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
> Protocol 2
> # HostKeys for protocol version 2
> HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
> HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
> #Privilege Separation is turned on for security
> UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
>
> # Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
> KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
> ServerKeyBits 768
>
> # Logging
> SyslogFacility AUTH
> LogLevel INFO
>
> # Authentication:
> LoginGraceTime 120
> PermitRootLogin no
> StrictModes yes
>
> RSAAuthentication yes
> PubkeyAuthentication no
> #AuthorizedKeysFile     %h/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> # Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
> IgnoreRhosts yes
> # For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
> RhostsRSAAuthentication no
> # similar for protocol version 2
> HostbasedAuthentication no
> # Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for
> RhostsRSAAuthentication
> #IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
>
> # To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
> PermitEmptyPasswords no
>
> # Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
> # some PAM modules and threads)
> ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
>
> # Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
> PasswordAuthentication no
>
> # Kerberos options
> #KerberosAuthentication no
> #KerberosGetAFSToken no
> #KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
> #KerberosTicketCleanup yes
>
> # GSSAPI options
> #GSSAPIAuthentication no
> #GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes
>
> X11Forwarding yes
> X11DisplayOffset 10
> PrintMotd no
> PrintLastLog yes
> TCPKeepAlive yes
> #UseLogin no
>
> #MaxStartups 10:30:60
> #Banner /etc/issue.net
>
> # Allow client to pass locale environment variables
> AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
>
> Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
>
> UsePAM no
> UseDNS no
>
> --
> Frank
> Shenanigans!!
> I do the voodoo that I do do with sudo!
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-- 
-Rob

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little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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