ssh not accepting password ( solaris 10 )
george2
root@localhost's password:
We a problem server which is not accepting the users password. I have
verified the password, but when sshing to localhost and from another server
the password is rejected :
# ssh localhost
Password Authentication
Password:
I just keeps giving me the password prompt .
Also the /etc/issue which is specified in sshd_config as the Banner is not
being displayed.
On all of our servers this is normally displayed. I have looked at the
sshd_config and can see no problem. Root access is allowed , password
authentication is enabled etc
PermitRootLogin yes
Banner /etc/issue
George
clau...@hotmail.com
Does su - user work?
george2
"claus...@googlemail.com" <clau...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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sshd process disappears from the process table , and I still get the same
prompt when i ssh to localhost. very strange.
Chris Ridd
> Yes, but even stranger is that i`ve done a svcadm disable on ssh , and the
> sshd process disappears from the process table , and I still get the same
> prompt when i ssh to localhost. very strange.
Has someone added sshd to inetd?
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george2
"Chris Ridd" <chri...@mac.com> wrote in message
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george2
Transport
Chris Ridd
Solaris 10 doesn't use inetd.conf any more. Try using inetadm.
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Chris
hume.sp...@bofh.ca
> Nope, nothing in inetd.conf
Perhaps someone did something stupid with DNS or /etc/hosts?
What does "ping -sn localhost" get you?
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Michael Weis
>> Has someone added sshd to inetd?
> Nope, nothing in inetd.conf
Just for info, inetd.conf is not longer used in Solaris 10. Means it can
be used for defining new inetd services, which then can be imported as
SMF service with inetd as Delegated restarter.
Michael
Canuck57
"george2" <geo...@twig.tk> wrote in message
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Two reasons why.
First, edit two files. /etc/ssh/sshd_config and allow root. Next, edit
/etc/default/login and comment out the CONSOLE part.
Restart the sshd services to get the new config and you should be able to
login as root.
This is not a recommended practice and I don't use it on production systems
or systems containing data, but it is convenient for the one of instances
where you don't care about good security and only have one user, thy self.
Logging in as ones self and then using su is a preferred approach from a
security perspective.
Dave
> "george2" <geo...@twig.tk> wrote in message
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>> When testing ssh by sshing to localhost normally the prompt is like below
>> :
>> root@localhost's password:
>>
>> We a problem server which is not accepting the users password. I have
>> verified the password, but when sshing to localhost and from another
>> server the password is rejected :
>>
>> # ssh localhost
>> Password Authentication
>> Password:
>>
>> I just keeps giving me the password prompt .
>> Also the /etc/issue which is specified in sshd_config as the Banner is not
>> being displayed.
>> On all of our servers this is normally displayed. I have looked at the
>> sshd_config and can see no problem. Root access is allowed , password
>> authentication is enabled etc
>>
>> PermitRootLogin yes
>> Banner /etc/issue
>>
>> George
>
> Two reasons why.
>
> First, edit two files. /etc/ssh/sshd_config and allow root. Next, edit
> /etc/default/login and comment out the CONSOLE part.
If you edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to allow logins by root, there is no
need to /etc/default/login. SSH seems to bypass that.
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