At last, maybe I can answer someone's questions.
use the -l flag, if your username on the client is different
than your username on the server. For instance, if your username
on the server machine is Biff:
ssh -l Biff your.sshmachine.com
SSH is great!
On Thu, 11 May 2000, michael d. ivey wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 10:16:16AM -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > I've gotten to the point where the "server" is running sshd, but when I go
> > to the client and go "ssh ", I'm asked for a password but
> > when I enter it, I get "Permission denied, please try again." I know the
> > account and password are valid on the server (I can telnet in if I want).
> > Is there something, perhaps some kind of key exchange, that I've missed?
>
> try "ssh -v" to make it tell you what's happening.
>
> FWIW, i just installed debian packages of ssh and sshd, and it worked
> automagically.
>
> > the first time I tried this, I got a dialog having to do with
> > authentication of the machines in which it asked me if I still
> > wanted to connect. After typing "yes," it added the IP to the list
> > of "known hosts."
>
> this is normal.
>
> feel free to get in touch privately, or on list, to further debug it.
> let me know what ssh -v says...
>
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