On 11/23/2013 10:47 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 22Nov2013 09:04, Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:56:32 -0500
> Carlos "casep" Sepulveda wrote:
>
>> What about
>> ssh -vvvv your_host
>> To get and idea what could be happening.
> Yea, I did that and everything was the same as root right
> up to the point where it refused to take the password.
>
> But to make things even more mysterious, it started
> working when I tried again later (I don't think I could
> have typed the password wrong 3 times in a row right
> after having no problem typing it correctly when running
> as root, but you never know).
It is often more instructive to look at /var/log/secure on the
server. The client (you) gets told to go away. The server (work)
records _why_.
Cheers,
If I'm unsure I sometimes just type the ssh password in a new terminal
or gedit page then copy and paste to the ssh terminal and hit <enter>
almost straight away. Making sure not to copy spaces before or after the
password.
Have found that freehand typing password in ssh fails occasionally.
Roger