Re: SSH wont work

On Wednesday 15 September 2010, my mailbox was graced by a missive
 from Norman Carver <[email protected]> who wrote:

> > I have looked at the obvious, like addin sshd:all to /etc/hosts.allow,
> > made sure sshd is running.
> > Is there any obvious gotcha I might have missed ?
 
> Would help to know what you mean by "cannot ssh."

> Did you upgrade client or server or both?

Both, did afull upgrade to 2010 Spring on all boxes.

> What exactly happens when you try to connect?
> Generally:
> client just sits there:  firewall issue
> "Connection closed by remote host" message:  access control (hosts.* files)
> Password prompt but fails to login:  username/password problem

ron@ron:/home/storage/Videos $ ssh root@tom
root@tom's password:
Permission denied, please try again.

Username and passwd are correct.

No firewall running, /etc/hosts.allow has a line sshd:all and I dont see what 
I missed; ssh worked perfectly before the upgrade.
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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