ssh problem

[dandan123]

I've installed ssh v 3 on one of my boxes and while I can ssh out sucessfully when I try to ssh in I get this message-

Received disconnect from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: 2: Too many authentication failures for root

and on the box itself I see this message -

sshd[878]: fatal: Write failed: Broken pipe

Any ideas what's wrong ?

Thanks.

 

[mbrooks]

Are you receiving this message "Too many authentication failures for root" after you attempt to login via SSH.

By default SSH doesn't allow remote access. You must make changes in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PasswordAuthentication yes

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[Annihilannic]

Does this happen only for root, or for all users?

Annihilannic.

 

[WhiteVolg]

Solaris version please.
if on Sol9 you can truss sshd, if on sol10 dtrace is your friend. Also doublecheck that your sshd_config is (sorry this is v2 option, I suspect it's still in v3 though)

EnablePamAuthentication yes

or you'll have other problems as well.

 

[dandan123]

Thanks for all the responses. The problem was I didn't install power password and while installing ssh at one point it asked me if I would like to install some of the pp binaries instead of the ssh ones to which I said yes.

We use power password in addition to ssh.