ssh - root can login but user fails

guapo May 5, 2012 at 11:18:05

Does ubuntu have a users command? If so, run it to see if the user is in the list. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.

ijack May 5, 2012 at 12:59:53

Obviously the user needs to exist on the computer you are sshing to (root will exist on both the computers), but you must have checked that. What do the logs on the remote machine tell you? You might try running sshd with the -d switch to get debugging output.

ijack May 5, 2012 at 13:14:40

Just as a matter of interest, that message normally appears after three attempts to log on with the wrong credentials. Are you absolutely sure that the user exists on the computer you are sshing to and that you are using the correct password?

satimis May 5, 2012 at 17:55:13

Hi guapo, Please explain in more detail on "Does ubuntu have a users command? If so, run it to see if the user is in the list.". Thanks satimis

satimis May 5, 2012 at 18:00:33

Hi ijack, I see. The user is existing but I mistyped it. Now I can sshing it. Thanks satimis