Re: which Manual?

> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:11:02 -0600
> From: David Vehrs <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Annoyances] which Manual?
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> 
> If you read the SSH documentation, they do state
> that some of the
> error messages are intentionally vague.  As a matter
> of fact, many
> security related tools live with the same
> restrictions.  Its a 
> balancing game of providing the user enough
> information to debug 
> the problem and not providing too much information
> to those that
> would misuse it. 
> 
> When SSH fails login, do you really want to tell the
> remote side:
>    "User does not exist" or "Bad password, try
> again"
> 
> Dave V.
> 
Well in this case, the user nor the password is wrong.
I can login perfectly fine from another Linux (RH) box
while Debian doesn't work.

IANASA (I am not a Sys Admin - nor do I want to be!)

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