sshd[22803]: error: PAM: Authentication failed - has anyone seen this message?

[wvsa]

Greetings all;

Wondering if anyone out there has seen this message in working with ssh. How did you resolve this error, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks again

Norm

[Christian Tremblay]

Check this thread, it may help...

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1032070

Chris

[Christina Martin]

when we get that error, it's usually because the password has expired or some other reason that the user may have been deactivated.

[Tim Nelson]

If you are not using PAM then take it out of the sshd config ( it may lead you to the real issue ).

Typicall issue:
invalid/incorrect public keys
invalid permissions on $HOME/.ssh

Did the account work before and now has stopped ? or has it yet to work correctly ?

[wvsa]

thanks for all the responses, it turned out to be a permission problem.