WTF happened to ssh?

[Roger]

On 11/23/2013 10:47 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 22Nov2013 09:04, Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at 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