On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 11:53:55AM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > Just did my first Wheezy install on a VMware virtual machine. I accepted the default SSH server option. > Server is running, I can log in via the VMware console both as the root user and as the regular user and use "su -" to switch to the root user. > > When I use PuTTY to set up a ssh session to my server I get the login prompt. I enter the login name root or the user. > It asks me for the password and once I have given that I always get "access denied". > > Cannot find anything in /var/log/syslog or messages as to why. > Cannot find anything in /etc/ssh/sshd_config that would cause this but... I might miss something. > > This is the first time I cannot get into a system where I am 100% sure I am using the correct name/password and am able to test this by simply using the console. > What should I look for? Try running "/usr/bin/sshd -d -p 2222" as root on the server, then connect putty to port 2222. See if there's anything useful in the log that that produces. > > Bonno Bloksma > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] 89D1798A7351D040B4E74E0A043C69D73955DBC6@EinExch-01.tio.nl">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 89D1798A7351D040B4E74E0A043C69D73955DBC6@EinExch-01.tio.nl >
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