Re: [Hampshire] ssh (well putty actually)

On 27/04/07, Philip Henderson <Philip.Henderson@???> wrote:
> 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
>

Look in the auth.log
It will give an explanation of why it rejected you.

James