[ale] Problem with OpenSSH-2.9p2

[Joseph A Knapka]

Fulton Green wrote:
> 
> Can you upgrade to 3.0.2p1?

I could. Will that help?  :-)

Cheers,

-- Joe
 
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:01:31PM +0000, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > A while ago I installed OpenSSH2.9 on all my Linux boxen.
> > Recently, having read of the vulnerabilities in the SSH 1
> > protocol, I disabled it, and now only allow SSH 2 connections.
> > Since that change, even though I have "Password" authentication
> > enabled, I cannot actually log in using my password; rather,
> > I must install my public key in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> > file on the server and use RSA authentication. I invariably
> > receive a "permission denied" error when attempting to
> > log in via ssh using password authentication, even though
> > the SSH server log messages clearly indicate that password
> > authentication is enabled and being tried. OpenSSH -is-
> > linked with -lcrypt, as suggested in the OpenSSH FAQ.
> > Any advice?
> >
> > (The server and client are running Slackware 8. Server
> > kernel is 2.4.5, client is 2.2.16.)

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