having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Scott Berry]

I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
problem.



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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Steve Holmes]

I had that very thing happen to me recently on one of my local boxes
here.  Check the permissions on the /dev files.  Namely, /dev/pty/*
which get created dynamically or /dev/ttyp* if you aren't using the
newer style.  On my machine, somehow those perms got set to
read-only.  I think it happened to me when I migrated some stuff from
another hard drive.  It should be world writable.  Sorry I'm not
clearer than this but I'd have to go over there and look at all the
dev files I messed with.  It is mainly terminal realated stuff I'm
talking about.  Changing the perms fixed it for me.

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:18:46PM -0700, Scott Berry wrote:
> I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> problem.
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Berry
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Alex Snow]

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the password could be wrong. check the case.
the user you are connecting to may have a blank password. this in my 
experience doesn't work well with ssh. always give e new user a 
password such as changeme.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:18:46PM -0700, 
Scott Berry wrote:
> I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> problem.
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Berry
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[talmage]

Hi Scott,

This might be too obvious, but are the services being run in inetd.conf?
At least that's the file in /etc for my Slackware v9.1 that is in charge of 
starting demons like ftp, telnet, etc.

Dave

At 12:18 AM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
>I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
>connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
>Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
>problem.
>
>
>
>Scott Berry

Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Scott Berry]

Yes they are when a Debian package is unpacked they make sure it runs.

On
Fri, 12 Mar 2004 talmage@somtel.com wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> This might be too obvious, but are the services being run in inetd.conf?
> At least that's the file in /etc for my Slackware v9.1 that is in charge of
> starting demons like ftp, telnet, etc.
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:18 AM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
> >I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> >connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> >Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> >problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >Scott Berry
>
>
>
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[talmage]

Hi Scott,

Ok, next question, are you by chance trying to sign on as root?
If so check out the securetty file in /etc to make sure it's allowed, or 
sign on as a regular user, and try su to become root.

Dave

At 03:09 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
>Yes they are when a Debian package is unpacked they make sure it runs.

Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Charles Crawford]

Is he logging on as root?  If so, he can change his permissions for his 
user name and then go back in as himself.


-- Charlie.At 10:18 PM 03/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
>connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
>Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
>problem.
>
>
>
>Scott Berry
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>me or click here.
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Scott Berry]

No actually I am having to log in as root.  I am doing this so I can
install packages that he needs.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Charles Crawford
wrote:

> Is he logging on as root?  If so, he can change his permissions for his
> user name and then go back in as himself.
>
>
> -- Charlie.At 10:18 PM 03/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> >connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> >Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> >problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >Scott Berry
> >Please remove the .nospam at the end of my emails to get in contact with
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Charles,

It is never a good idea to directly allow a root login over any sort of
remote connection, including SSH.  It is better to allow a "regular user"
type login over SSH, then use su for a root login or sudo for the execution
of commands as the root user.

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From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford@Starpower.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 3:52 AM
Subject: Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote
computer


> Is he logging on as root?  If so, he can change his permissions for his
> user name and then go back in as himself.
>
>
> -- Charlie.At 10:18 PM 03/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> >connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> >Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> >problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >Scott Berry
> >Please remove the .nospam at the end of my emails to get in contact with
> >me or click here.
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> >
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Scott Berry]

Hey thanks Daryl.  Appricate the tip the only reason I am doing it this
way is due to some configuring another system but I will set up another
user on that system and log in through that.  Once again thanks for the
heads up.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hi Charles,
>
> It is never a good idea to directly allow a root login over any sort of
> remote connection, including SSH.  It is better to allow a "regular user"
> type login over SSH, then use su for a root login or sudo for the execution
> of commands as the root user.
>
> Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications!
> Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator!
> A+, CCNA, Network+!
> Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i
> All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford@Starpower.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 3:52 AM
> Subject: Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote
> computer
>
>
> > Is he logging on as root?  If so, he can change his permissions for his
> > user name and then go back in as himself.
> >
> >
> > -- Charlie.At 10:18 PM 03/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> > >I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> > >connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> > >Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> > >problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Scott Berry
> > >Please remove the .nospam at the end of my emails to get in contact with
> > >me or click here.
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> > >
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Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote computer

[Charles Crawford]

You are quite right.  Of course whoever gets on needs to know the root 
password.  Still, I agree that except for when there is no alternative, 
root is not the best idea.  

	Thanks.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> 
> It is never a good idea to directly allow a root login over any sort of
> remote connection, including SSH.  It is better to allow a "regular user"
> type login over SSH, then use su for a root login or sudo for the execution
> of commands as the root user.
> 
> Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications!
> Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator!
> A+, CCNA, Network+!
> Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i
> All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford@Starpower.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 3:52 AM
> Subject: Re: having trouble connecting to a ssh connection to a remote
> computer
> 
> 
> > Is he logging on as root?  If so, he can change his permissions for his
> > user name and then go back in as himself.
> >
> >
> > -- Charlie.At 10:18 PM 03/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> > >I am wondering what would cause a permission denied statement while
> > >connecting to a remote computer.  I am trying to help someone get his
> > >Linux system set up but not sure what I need to have him do to fix this
> > >problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Scott Berry
> > >Please remove the .nospam at the end of my emails to get in contact with
> > >me or click here.
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> > >
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