Re: SSH configuration problem

[Will Aoki <waoki@umnh.utah.edu>]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 07:05:10PM +0200, Jussi Ekholm wrote:
> Will Aoki <waoki@umnh.utah.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Jan 12 20:54:43 badkey sshd[14848]: Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 4074
> [snip...]
> 
> I would've wanted to ask, why I'm getting this kind of messages
> in auth.log;

Well, unless these things have changed between 2.9 and 3.0:

> Jan 13 19:00:16 erpland sshd[9941]: Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 4316

Connection came in from 127.0.0.1.

> Jan 13 19:00:16 erpland sshd[9941]: Enabling compatibility mode for \ 
>  protocol 2.0

Using protocol 2.0.

> Jan 13 19:00:23 erpland sshd[9941]: Failed none for ekhowl from 127.0.0.1 \
>  port 4316 ssh2

Client tried to use no authentication and failed.

> Jan 13 19:00:23 erpland sshd[9941]: Failed keyboard-interactive for ekhowl \
>  from 127.0.0.1 port 4316 ssh2

Client tried to do keyboard-interactive authentication, and failed.
Either the client is set to prefer keyboard-interactive to password
authentication, or password authentication is disabled on the server.

> What are those failures? What should I do in order to not see them in
> logs anymore?

Ignore the first, set LogLevel INFO, or consult the source. Turning
off HostbasedAuthentication and friends on the client dosen't seem to
make it go away.

For the second, make your client try password authentication before
keyboard-interactive authentication.

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