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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Peculiar problem with root login
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 23:02:03
Message-Id: 20170611225738.2191.380BD886@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Peculiar problem with root login by Harry Putnam
1 On 2017-06-11 14:55, Harry Putnam wrote:
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3 > Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host
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5 I'll go easy on the OT this time :-)
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7 > Jun 11 14:50:55 d2 sshd[2830]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication
8 > failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=d.local.lan
9 > user=root
10 >
11 > Jun 11 14:50:57 d2 sshd[2830]: Failed password for root from
12 > 127.0.0.1 port 54522 ssh2
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14 Is PasswordAuthentication enabled? It typically is not on my boxes.
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16 ssh has a -v option (and -vv, and -vvv). I found it somewhat useful in
17 cases like this.
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