Re: [Hampshire] ssh (well putty actually)

Andy Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:08:03PM +0100, Philip Henderson wrote:
>> Anyone any ideas on this one?
>>
>> I have just installed ubuntu server onto a box followed by an apt-get to
>> install ssh. If I use a newly downloaded copy of putty on a kubuntu box
>> it will happily ssh into the ubuntu server (on the same home network).
>> But if I try the same from putty on my xp laptop, I get an "access
>> denied" error as a result of entering my password.
>
> Are you sure that putty on windows is sending the correct username?
> I have tripped myself up before by copying a profile and forgetting
> to change its username.
>
> Failing that try running an sshd on a high port in debug mode (man
> sshd) and connect to it with putty, that should give some clue as to
> where it fails.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>

I am definitely using the correct username as I am entering this in
manually each time, not from a profile.

Running sshd in debug mode would give some info - guess I should try
that, but I still dont understand why it works from putty on a linux box.

Ta
Philip