No, it is the client side. The client takes the current user and passes that to the server as the username to login as.
To override this you must supply a username to the client in one of two ways: $ ssh <user>@<server> or $ ssh -l <user> <server> The client "ssh" (not the server "sshd") would need to prompt the user for the username, before sending it over to the server. This has never been done for unix ssh clients. Windows clients are another story. SSH's user interface is modeled after the r* commands (rlogin/rsh/rcp/rcmd). In fact, SSH was designed to be able to be a complete replacement for the r* commands. You could delete rsh and rename ssh to rsh, and every program the was designed to use rsh, would still work fine. On 4/6/06, ilaiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No it is the server side because when you just to do a " ssh server" . > It would take the user you have logged in as. > > The documentation says it is taken from the env " LOGNAME" but I am > not very sure about this .. > > ./thanks > ilaiy > > On 4/6/06, ViersOnline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 'tis client side not server side > > > > $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > or > > > > $ ssh -l login serveur > > ( if omitted login is client side login) > > > > --viers > > > > asterix2112 wrote: > > > > >All, > > > > > > Hi, this is probably a dumb newbie question but I searched all over and > > >can not find an answer. > > > I have sshd set up on my server, and all I want is just username/password > > >authentication, but all I can seem to get when I log on from another > > >computer is a password prompt. And it will only accept the root password > > >(with PermitRootLogin yes, if set to no it will not work - and I don't want > > >root to be able to log on). How to I get the username prompt? > > > > > >Thanks all, my sshd.config is below. - John > > > > > >Port 22 > > >Protocol 2 > > >#AddressFamily any > > >#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 > > >#ListenAddress :: > > > > > ># HostKey for protocol version 1 > > >#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key > > >#HostKeys for protocol version 2 > > >#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key > > > > > ># Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key > > >#KeyRegenerationInterval 1h > > >ServerKeyBits 768 > > > > > ># Logging > > ># obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging > > >SyslogFacility AUTH > > >#LogLevel INFO > > > > > ># Authentication: > > > > > >LoginGraceTime 2m > > >PermitRootLogin yes > > >#StrictModes yes > > >#MaxAuthTries 6 > > > > > >#RSAAuthentication yes > > >#PubkeyAuthentication yes > > >#AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys > > > > > ># For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts > > >#RhostsRSAAuthentication no > > ># similar for protocol version 2 > > >#HostbasedAuthentication no > > ># Change to yes if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for > > ># RhostsRSAAuthentication and HostbasedAuthentication > > >#IgnoreUserKnownHosts no > > ># Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files > > >#IgnoreRhosts yes > > > > > ># Change to yes to enable built-in password authentication. > > >PasswordAuthentication yes > > >PermitEmptyPasswords no > > > > > ># Change to no to disable PAM authentication > > >ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes > > > > > ># Kerberos options > > >#KerberosAuthentication no > > >#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes > > >#KerberosTicketCleanup yes > > >#KerberosGetAFSToken no > > > > > ># GSSAPI options > > >#GSSAPIAuthentication no > > >#GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes > > > > > >UsePAM yes > > > > > >#AllowTcpForwarding yes > > >#GatewayPorts no > > > > > >AllowUsers asterix, bro, root > > > > > >#X11Forwarding yes > > >#X11DisplayOffset 10 > > >#X11UseLocalhost yes > > >#PrintMotd yes > > >#PrintLastLog yes > > >#TCPKeepAlive yes > > >#UseLogin yes > > >#UsePrivilegeSeparation yes > > >#PermitUserEnvironment no > > >#Compression delayed > > >#ClientAliveInterval 0 > > >#ClientAliveCountMax 3 > > >#UseDNS yes > > >#PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid > > >#MaxStartups 10 > > > > > ># no default banner path > > >#Banner /some/path > > > > > ># override default of no subsystems > > >Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server > > >-- > > >View this message in context: > > >http://www.nabble.com/No-username-prompt-SSHD-t1399543.html#a3764497 > > >Sent from the SSH (Secure Shell) forum at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- And, did Guloka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? -Centauri
