SSH woes - Password rejected?

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Hi,

I seem to be having trouble SSHing into my Haiku box from a linux box.

I can ping the haiku box, which remains named “shredder” I can also ping by the local IP 192.168.1.xxx

SSH has been enabled in the Nework Preferences.

When I try to ssh in from my linux box:
ssh user@192.168.1.xxx
Permission denied, please try again.

I also try using the hostname shredder.attlocal.net (just in case there is a shredder out on the internet)

I have set a password on shredder, twice (typing very carefully the 2nd time)

I have rebooted shredder several times.

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Did you enable root login in the sshd config file?

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Oh, no I had not, but then I am logging in as user, not root

Do I still need to?

— update —
RootLogin is enabled now.
verified sshd is running.
Permission is still denied for both root and user.

Most everything in ssh_config is still commented out?

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Is RootLogin yes?
user is root, (uid 0)

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This is what works for me on new installs:

  • Set PermitRootLogin to yes on /system/settings/ssh/sshd_config
  • Make sure user has a password set (run /bin/passwd)
  • Restart the sshd daemon, or restart the OS.
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(Of course the configuration files are in $HOME/config/settings, not $HOME/.ssh)

I start with an ssh from the new host to the old host, really an scp where I copy over the authorized key. I’m not sure I have a password on Haiku, I guess it depends on whether a Haiku install ever had to serve as the old host.

That said, I have had trouble with sshd under some network configurations. Kind of a long time ago. What version of Haiku?

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Can you use the -v switch on the ssh command?

You should also inspect the SSHd logs on the Haiku machine.

Can you ssh from the Haiku machine into it-self?