Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:53:05 +1300, Nigel Wohlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, that's all the info I have on the subject, I recall a similar issue I encountered a while ago and that seemed to be the cause. Was just my initial postulation. Fabian Anklam wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:31:24 +1300, Nigel Wohlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the value of LoginGraceTime? SSH will try to do a reverse lookup on the IP connecting to it and if that times out before LoginGraceTime then your client (putty) will get booted and SSH will report the failure to syslog. Fabian Anklam wrote: Reverse DNS lookup timeout? N Authentication seems to be the problem, not connection, care to elaborate? Thanks, Fabian LoginGraceTime was left at default value (2 minutes iirc). Adding the Windows box to /etc/hosts doesn't resolve the problem. sshd writes sshd[procid]: fatal: Timeout before authentication for windows.box.ip to /var/log/messages Fabian Hi Nigel, sorry for brushing your suggestion off so quickly. SSHD trying a reverse DNS of the (private IP) ssh'ing machines name via my ISP's DNS servers which were in resolv.conf thanks to the machine being configured with DHCP once seemed to be the cause of the problem. Again, thanks for your help! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
In the last episode (Jan 28), Fabian Anklam said: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:21:08 +0100, Fabian Anklam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: could someone be so kind to point out to me which settings in sshd_config have to be changed to allow login from an ssh client without getting authentication failed messages on the console and a timeout on the guest machine. My client, putty in this case display the login: dialog, but after entering the username hangs without ever displaying the password: dialog Try killing the sshd daemon and running sshd -Ddd, which will print out lots of information during authentication. My FreeBSD5.3 Release box ps -aux reveals: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4720 2920 ?? Is 12:29AM 0:00.05 sshd: [accepted] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4792 2936 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: [net] (sshd) root760 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:29AM 0:00.00 grep sshd truss -d output of the two ssh processes might be useful too, if the sshd debugging output doesn't point to anything obvious. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sshd_config / failed authentication
Dear all, could someone be so kind to point out to me which settings in sshd_config have to be changed to allow login from an ssh client without getting authentication failed messages on the console and a timeout on the guest machine. My client, putty in this case display the login: dialog, but after entering the username hangs without ever displaying the password: dialog My FreeBSD5.3 Release box ps -aux reveals: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4720 2920 ?? Is 12:29AM 0:00.05 sshd: [accepted] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4792 2936 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: [net] (sshd) root760 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:29AM 0:00.00 grep sshd and then, after about a minute: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4912 3072 ?? Ss 12:29AM 0:00.06 sshd: fan [priv] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4768 2940 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: fan [net] (sshd) root835 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:30AM 0:00.00 grep sshd and then, after about a minute again: [...] sshd[755}: fatal: Timeout before authentication for 192.168.0.10 I did man sshd_config and changed some settings despite not understanding one word but to no avail so i restored the original. I tried to consult the handbook, also to no avail. Help needed and appreciated, Fabian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:21:08 +0100, Fabian Anklam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, could someone be so kind to point out to me which settings in sshd_config have to be changed to allow login from an ssh client without getting authentication failed messages on the console and a timeout on the guest machine. My client, putty in this case display the login: dialog, but after entering the username hangs without ever displaying the password: dialog My FreeBSD5.3 Release box ps -aux reveals: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4720 2920 ?? Is 12:29AM 0:00.05 sshd: [accepted] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4792 2936 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: [net] (sshd) root760 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:29AM 0:00.00 grep sshd and then, after about a minute: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4912 3072 ?? Ss 12:29AM 0:00.06 sshd: fan [priv] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4768 2940 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: fan [net] (sshd) root835 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:30AM 0:00.00 grep sshd and then, after about a minute again: [...] sshd[755}: fatal: Timeout before authentication for 192.168.0.10 I did man sshd_config and changed some settings despite not understanding one word but to no avail so i restored the original. I tried to consult the handbook, also to no avail. Help needed and appreciated, Fabian Just a short followup: ssh localhost from ttyv connects and I reach a ttyp ssh NIC IP from ttyv yields a timeout like a remote connection Thanks, Fabian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
Fabian Anklam wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:21:08 +0100, Fabian Anklam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, could someone be so kind to point out to me which settings in sshd_config have to be changed to allow login from an ssh client without getting authentication failed messages on the console and a timeout on the guest machine. My client, putty in this case display the login: dialog, but after entering the username hangs without ever displaying the password: dialog My FreeBSD5.3 Release box ps -aux reveals: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4720 2920 ?? Is 12:29AM 0:00.05 sshd: [accepted] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4792 2936 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: [net] (sshd) root760 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:29AM 0:00.00 grep sshd and then, after about a minute: root722 0.0 0.7 3360 2812 ?? Is 12:12AM 0:00.01 sshd root755 0.0 0.8 4912 3072 ?? Ss 12:29AM 0:00.06 sshd: fan [priv] (sshd) sshd756 0.0 0.8 4768 2940 ?? S12:29AM 0:00.18 sshd: fan [net] (sshd) root835 0.0 0.1 348 232 v0 R+ 12:30AM 0:00.00 grep sshd and then, after about a minute again: [...] sshd[755}: fatal: Timeout before authentication for 192.168.0.10 I did man sshd_config and changed some settings despite not understanding one word but to no avail so i restored the original. I tried to consult the handbook, also to no avail. Help needed and appreciated, Fabian Just a short followup: ssh localhost from ttyv connects and I reach a ttyp ssh NIC IP from ttyv yields a timeout like a remote connection Reverse DNS lookup timeout? N ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
Reverse DNS lookup timeout? N Authentication seems to be the problem, not connection, care to elaborate? Thanks, Fabian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sshd_config / failed authentication
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:31:24 +1300, Nigel Wohlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the value of LoginGraceTime? SSH will try to do a reverse lookup on the IP connecting to it and if that times out before LoginGraceTime then your client (putty) will get booted and SSH will report the failure to syslog. Fabian Anklam wrote: Reverse DNS lookup timeout? N Authentication seems to be the problem, not connection, care to elaborate? Thanks, Fabian LoginGraceTime was left at default value (2 minutes iirc). Adding the Windows box to /etc/hosts doesn't resolve the problem. sshd writes sshd[procid]: fatal: Timeout before authentication for windows.box.ip to /var/log/messages Fabian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
