Re: SSH: remote login returns "invalid user"
brownh <brownh@historicalMaterialism.info> wrote:
>Sorry for a FAQ, but I searched around without sucess. I'm runing
>debian a local LAN and can ssh between the hosts without a
>problem. However, I intend to use one host remotely (a laptop that I
>want to use to access my home machine). I do not have password
>encryption set up. My LAN is three machines connected to a common hub
>using the same domain name.
>
>I ssh successfully between local hosts on my LAN in this fashion:
>
> $ ssh -X account@localhostname
>
>To prepare for taking my laptop into the field, I try this to access
>my home machine (server):
>
> # ssh -X account@domainname
>
>In the server's /var/log/auth.log I get:
>
> Sep 10 13:04:37 engels sshd[27266]: Failed none for invalid user
> brownh from 192.168.1.4 port 33279 ssh2
>
>Here the password is "none", which suggests to me that is is not
>getting the password, although it is typed in at the Password:
>prompt. Then the user brownh (my account on the client host which is
>initiating the ssh connection) is not valid, although the its IP
>address is right.
>
>Haines Brown
Could you post the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config from the server and the
files /etc/ssh/ssh_config and ~/.config from the client? You could
also try running ssh with -vv which usually outputs more information.
Best regards,
Claudius Hubig
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