Ok -- need an explanation. I am in the process of setting up new HP 11i system at a remote location. I loaded the software and got my ssh connection working properly, I then converted the new remote system to a trusted passwd system and any new ssh connection would not work, it would be prompted for a passwd it look like it would connect me and then it would come back and say connection closed. (thank goodness I had a couple of windows still open to it.), I did a lot of playing around and I finally decided to untrust the system again and after I untrusted the system I was then able to ssh to the remote system without problem. My local host is set up as a trusted system.
I face sometimes problems like that when changing policies because some software that uses passwd rely on finding the passwd where it was at compilation/install time, have you tried to (re)install ssh after you trusted the box?
Does your root password on the untrusted system exceed 8 characters? If so, it is a non-standard password and works on the untrusted system because the extra characters are silently ignored. However, when you convert to Trusted, passwords can be much larger but the untrusted passwd file only has the first 8 characters available. So once converted, you must use only the first 8 characters when you first login. You can then change the password to a longer one and it will be honored as expected.
Bill, was actually correct and I think I asked the same question about 8 years ago, as soon as I read his thread it shook the cobwebs (hey at 62 your get a few senior moments) and I changed the passwds to 8 or less and converted the system and was able to ssh over and then changed the passwd back to our corporate standard and everything is fine. As always this is the greatest site around and the people that support it are TOPS....
