----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Henderson" <Philip.Henderson@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 10:09 PM
Subject: 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
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Is it anything to do with XP thinks this machine should have a different
fingerprint? I know putty checks this sort of thing - but generally gives
a Yes/No rather than access denied.
The other thing might be a firewall - blocking access to your XP box.
Just a couple of thoughts. Good luck.
Cheers
Rob
