Re: SSH won't let me connet says "Permission denied (publickey)."

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _Mark Lijftogt_, on 19/10/04 00:52,typed:
> H. S. wrote:
>
>  > On my internal LAN, I am able to connect from the laptop to the router
>
> > using SSH as a normal user. But I am not able to connect to the laptop 
> > from the router. SSH works properly on all other computers (I am able 
> > to connect to another one running Unstable). Here is what I get if I 
> > try connecting to the laptop(which is updated):
>
>
>
> Could you run the sshd with the -d option on your router ?
> you might see something that the client won't give you.
>
> gl,
>
> Mark


I changed this line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config in the laptop file:
#ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

Commenting it out(as shown) allowed me to connect to the laptop. Whould 
this matter in terms of security?

->HS