Just a shot in the dark, but you probably compiled without pam support.
./configure --with-pam
Either that or you didn't copy the pam config file from the distribution
(under redhat in contrib) to /etc/pam.d/
--James
Jan Egeriis writes:
> Same problem here...
> Redhat 6.2 kernel 2.2.19
> OpenSSH 2.9p2
>
> Haven't found a solution yet. :-(
>
> regards
> Jan
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy S. Rapoport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 9:56 AM
> Subject: OpenSSH 2.5.2p2, Linux, and not accepting passwords
>
>
>>
>> Well this is bizarre.
>>
>> Default install of openssh on this linux box (originally RedHat
>> but I think someone's put a new kernel on it -- it reports itself
>> as 2.2.12-20 when I do uname -a. Sorry, Solaris is my forte, not
>> Linux).
>>
>> It all works.
>>
>> Oh, except for logging in using password authentication. It
>> prompts for a password, but reports incorrect password. And,
>> umm, I'm pretty darn sure I type it correctly. That's not an issue.
>>
>> How the heck do I debug this?
>>
>> -roy
>
>
--James