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Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

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On 8/13/2019 1:16 PM, Michael Howard wrote:
> On 13/08/2019 18:40, Keith Steensma wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/13/2019 11:35 AM, Michael Howard wrote:
>>> On 13/08/2019 16:31, Joe wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:28:04 +0200
>>>> <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:23:35AM -0500, Keith Steensma wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/12/2019 4:00 PM, elvis wrote:
>>>>>>> On 12/8/19 11:23 pm, Keith Steensma wrote:
>>>>>>>> The same thing happens if I fill in 'root' as the login even
>>>>>>>> though a 'root' login is not permitted in the default
>>>>>>>> 'sshd_config' configuration.  Even when I change the
>>>>>>>> configuration to allow for 'root' login, 'root' can never login.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try a local ssh login to see if it rules out network problems. As
>>>>>>> in ssh localhost.  or ssh -l <user> localhost. If it is your
>>>>>>> network getting in the way it may
>>>>>>> rule that out.
>>>>>> Yes that works ( ssh -l <user> localhost ).  So that means it has to
>>>>>> do with the network connections.
>>>>> Not necessarily. It can be the client, too (your PuTTY). You didn't
>>>>> describe the error message in detail (perhaps it is too unspecific,
>>>>> GUI clients tend to be like that), but perhaps PuTTY has some
>>>>> "verbose" option you can activate. Then you may infer whether there's
>>>>> a hole in the net or whether just client and server don't get along
>>>>> with each other.
>>>>>
>>>> It is some years since I used PuTTY regularly, but I seem to recall
>>>> that it didn't use OpenSSH-type keys and insisted on generating its 
>>>> own
>>>> and providing a conversion to an OpenSSH key, which then had to be
>>>> placed on the server. Is it possible this procedure may have gone 
>>>> amiss
>>>
>>> This has happened to me a couple of times. Regenerating and 
>>> converting solved the problem.
>> It may be wrong, but I'm using putty where putty does not supply a 
>> username or a 'key'.  I'm using it just as
>> a terminal (does someone have an alternate suggestion).  I agree, 
>> putty gets along with OpenSSH is a
>>  'almost' fashion.  If you convert your 'key' in the right way. I 
>> have been using mine a long time just because
>> it takes a while to get it to work correctly.
>>
> What is your 'PasswordAuthentication' setting? If this is 'No', you 
> must use keys and so will see errors similar to yours.
> -- 
> Mike Howard
Apparently I was saying  'NO' because the line was still commented out 
(default was 'NO'?) Now it changed to 'YES'

Well Sir:
You get the Silver Dollar.  It works  Now how do I deliver it to you.  
By  carrier pigeon.  Would that be alright?
Keith

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Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-12 15:40 +0200
  Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-08-12 16:20 +0200
    Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-12 16:50 +0200
      Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-08-12 17:00 +0200
  Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-08-12 16:30 +0200
    Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-08-12 16:40 +0200
    Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-08-12 16:40 +0200
      Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-08-12 16:50 +0200
      Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-12 16:50 +0200
        Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-08-12 22:00 +0200
    Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-12 16:40 +0200
  Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-08-12 16:40 +0200
  Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Bruce Halco <bruce@halcomp.com> - 2019-08-12 16:50 +0200
  Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-12 21:10 +0200
  Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone elvis <elvis@dogonfire.com> - 2019-08-12 23:10 +0200
    Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-08-13 15:30 +0200
      Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-08-13 17:40 +0200
        Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2019-08-13 18:50 +0200
          Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-13 19:50 +0200
            Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-08-13 20:10 +0200
            Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2019-08-13 20:20 +0200
              Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-14 00:30 +0200
                Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-14 04:20 +0200
                Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Bruce Halco <bruce@halcomp.com> - 2019-08-14 12:30 +0200
                Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2019-08-14 13:40 +0200
              Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-14 00:30 +0200
    Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone Keith Steensma <keith@airways-consulting.com> - 2019-08-13 15:30 +0200

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