Failed password for <user>from <IP address> port <port> ssh2

[Tony Leahy]

Hi,
I am trying to ssh into a 11i HPUX server and getting the error above ( I can telnet in no problem)

I have looked at the sshd_config file and don't see anything that would cause this (it is not the root user which I have disabled)

regards,
Tony

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Tony,

Seems like a simple authentication error.

Try resetting the password on the user.

SEP

[Tony Leahy]

Hi,
no, it's not a simple authenticatoion problem so as I have no problem to
telnet with the user/ password

regards,

Tony

[Sheriff Andy]

Does ssh work for any other user?

[Darrel Louis]

Tony,

When you do ssh -vvv , what is the error message you see.
Do you see anything else in the syslog or sshd.log?
Also do you make use of hostbase authentication?
Check if your ssh_known_hosts is correct and double check the sshd_config.


Darrel

[Mridul Shrivastava]

May I know are you using LDAP with SSH and is there any upgradation being carried out for the same. If this is the case you can check the following things and revert back:

Please try the 'UsePAM yes' entry in your sshd_config file and restart sshd and let me know if this makes a difference.