Re: [gentoo-user] sshd issues

[Brian Davis <bridavis@comcast.net>]

Just keep in mind that rsa/dsa keys would be a more secure way of 
authenticating, especially with all the brute-force scripts out there.

Jon M wrote:
> Ohh okay that makes sense.
>
> For everyones information, I got it to work properly.  First of all, 
> I'm an idiot and was edited /etc/ssh/ssh_config, not 
> /etc/ssh/sshD_config :P
>
> Secondly, I had to enable PasswordAuthentication yes as well as 
> ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
>
> This works perfectly now.  Thanks again everyone, sorry for wasting 
> your time.
>
> brettholcomb@bellsouth.net wrote:
>> I think that tells you that this is the default setting if you don't 
>> change it.
>>
>>> From: Jon M <gentoo@net-xero.net>
>>> Date: 2006/11/14 Tue PM 09:35:13 EST
>>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sshd issues
>>>
>>> Hi Daevid,
>>>
>>> I tried playing around with some options in there and didn't seem to 
>>> do much, but not sure if I tried changing that specifically.  I do 
>>> have a question though..  My ssh_config looks something along the 
>>> lines of this:
>>>
>>> #  Host *
>>> #    PasswordAuthentication yes
>>>
>>> My question is, should they actually have # symbols in front as if 
>>> they're commented out?  My gut is telling me no..
>>>
>>> Thanks again
>>>
>>>
>>> Daevid Vincent wrote:
>>>> Change/Add this:
>>>>
>>>> PasswordAuthentication yes
>>>>
>>>> In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>>>>
>>>> DÆVID 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Jon M [mailto:gentoo@net-xero.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 
>>>>> 14, 2006 6:04 PM
>>>>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>>>>> Subject: [gentoo-user] sshd issues
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been using other distributions for a while (CentOS, 
>>>>> Slackware, Red Hat, etc) and finally switching to Gentoo, however 
>>>>> this oddness with SSH is getting to me.  It seems when I SSH into 
>>>>> my machine it uses "keyboard interative" mode, where as I'm used 
>>>>> to every other distro using just "password" mode I think it is.  
>>>>> I'm wondering if there is any way to change this.  I tried 
>>>>> comparing /etc/ssh/ssh_config between my CentOS machine and my 
>>>>> Gentoo machine, and both files are pretty much the same, and 
>>>>> everything is commented out anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any light someone could shed on this would be much appreciated.  
>>>>> Thanks in advance!
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