Andrew Muller wrote:
Problem: Can connect to OpenSSH server from openSSH client but not from
SSH Secure Shell Client
I am running OpenSSH_3.8.1p1_FreeBSD_20040419 on my desktop
(pc-mullera). I rely on passwords because I've never been able to
figure out how to do the other authentication methods. I can ssh to the
desktop from my laptop under cygwin (openSSH_4.1p1) but not from the
laptop Secure Shell Client under XP (SSH Secure Schell 3.0.0) nor from a
linux machine running SSH Secure Shell 3.1.2 under mandrake 9. When I
fail to connect I get shut out with "no further authentication methods
available" before I have even been asked for my password. I suspect an
incompatibility between openSSH's keyboard-interactive method and Secure
SSHs password method.
It's not an incompatibility, it's just that your client either does not
support keyboard-interactive or has its support disabled and the server
does not have SSH password authentication enabled.
On an OpenSSH client, this is controlled by the
"PreferredAuthentications" setting. Check the documentation for your
client for an equivalent and enable it if it has it. This is the
preferred solution.
Alternatively, you could also set "PasswordAuthentication yes" in the
server's sshd_config. On a vanilla OpenSSH 3.8.1p1 this will prevent
PAM from being used for the authentication, I'm not sure if this is the
case for the FreeBSD version.
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