Hi Michel,
> Hi,
> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:01 -0700, Karl Kobata wrote:
> > I have installed cento 5.3. I enabled the ssh deamon. I have found
> > that 2 options that I normally use does respond as I expect. Has
> > anyone else had similar problems with the following options in
> > sshd_config:
> >
> > - Port 6666 – if I set the port to anything other than 22 (default),
> > using ssh –p6666 name at servername, does not work. Yet if I leave keep
> > the default, then ssh name at servername allows me to login.
> Did you check your iptables rules ? port 6666 is closed by default. I
> use a sshd with port 443, so it should work.
Was this the only change you made to change the port?
Did you also makes changes in iptables?
> >
> > - PasswordAuthentication no – if I set this option to “no” (default is
> > “yes”), and my ssh key is either missing or in error, I will be
> > prompted for user system login password. If this is set to “no”, it
> > should not allow me to login if I have not ssh key specified or in
> > error. Has anyone else run into this problem.
> Erhm.. I remember it does ask for a password but just doesn't let you
> in. But I can me mistaken :)
It does ask you for a password, and if you entered your user system password,
It will log you in. I am surprised that this failure exists.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michel
