[ale] Problem with OpenSSH-2.9p2

[ale at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)]

Can you upgrade to 3.0.2p1?

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:01:31PM +0000, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> A while ago I installed OpenSSH2.9 on all my Linux boxen.
> Recently, having read of the vulnerabilities in the SSH 1
> protocol, I disabled it, and now only allow SSH 2 connections.
> Since that change, even though I have "Password" authentication
> enabled, I cannot actually log in using my password; rather,
> I must install my public key in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> file on the server and use RSA authentication. I invariably
> receive a "permission denied" error when attempting to
> log in via ssh using password authentication, even though
> the SSH server log messages clearly indicate that password
> authentication is enabled and being tried. OpenSSH -is-
> linked with -lcrypt, as suggested in the OpenSSH FAQ.
> Any advice?
> 
> (The server and client are running Slackware 8. Server
> kernel is 2.4.5, client is 2.2.16.)

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