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Re: sshd: public key working, but can't get passwords working
Daniel Griscom wrote:
[snip]
>> Look at the log (Windows' event viewer), what's the error sent when
>> you try to
>> login?
>
> Just what you'd expect: "Failed password for development from
> 192.168.1.101 port 1121 ssh2".
Do you happen to have a domain user as well as a local user?
> (BTW, the account is named "development", not "developer" as I first
> stated; if I try an incorrect username, I get "invalid user" messages,
> so it's not a username issue.)
>
> P.S. Thanks for noting that log entries end up in the Windows Event
> Viewer; in the past I've spent many a happy hour wondering where the
> %$^& logfiles were stored in Windows.
You can make sshd use syslog, just have to install it.
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René Berber
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