It appears that my Fedora box had mode 644 set on /dev/tty*. I found this out by executing the following: ssh andy@debian -- didn't work. sudo ssh andy@debian -- works! After chmod a+rw /dev/tty* everything is working as expected. Is it pretty safe to have all the tty devices RW for all? Thanks for the help, Andy "Chadley Wilson" <chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:200502142020.12375.chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Monday 14 February 2005 17:09, Andrew Alsup wrote: > > I'm trying to SSH from one Linux server to another. I can ssh from A->B, > > but not from B->A. I can successfully SSH to both servers from my > > workstation (using password authentication). > > > > Server A: Debian Sarge (testing) > > Server B: Fedora Core 1 > > > > Since I can successfully SSH to both servers (from my workstation), > > something must be dorked with Server B's /etc/ssh_config file (I think). > > On both servers, I have no customizations entered in the ssh_config file. > > See below: > > > > debian:>ssh -v > > OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4, OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004 > > debian:>cat /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > # all settings are default (nothing changed) > > debian:>ssh user@serverB > > User's Password for Server Fedora: xxx > > *** Welcome to Server Fedora *** > > fedora:>exit > > debian:> > > > > fedora:>ssh -v > > OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090701f > > fedora:>cat /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > # all settings are default (nothing changed) > > fedora:>ssh user@serverA > > Permission denied, please try again. > > Permission denied, please try again. > > Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive). > > fedora:> > > > > It didn't even prompt me for the password! Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > Andy > > Two things : > check the ~/.ssh/known_hosts for an existing entry for the conflicting box > and check that your firewall settings allow connections on port 22 > Get back to me if your still stuck I often get errors with ssh and have to > resolve them > > > > -- > -- > Chadley Wilson > Redhat Certified Technician > Cert Number: 603004708291270 > Pinnacle Micro > Manufacturers of Proline Computers > Proudly South African > ISO9001:2000 Certified Production Line > ======================================= > LINUX - becuase I can do it my way. > ======================================== > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
