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local ssh users unable to login

LostBoY — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 06:39:07 GMT

I have installed a new R81.20 Management Server in AWS...for the first time login i used the ppk private key.

Then i ran the following commands to enable ssh

sed -i 's/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin forced-commands-only/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
service sshd reload

Post this i set up a password for admin user and tried connecting to the MGMT server but it is not accepting my password..giving incorrect password error.

I tried to create several new users as well but none were able to login.

Anyhelp is appreciated.

Re: local ssh users unable to login

PhoneBoy — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:20:47 GMT

What precise steps did you take to set the user password or create users?
If done via the CLI, it must be done via clish commands (not via expert mode) and the configuration must be manually saved (save config).

Re: local ssh users unable to login

LostBoY — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:39:12 GMT

i created the password of admin user via clish : set user admin password

also did a save config post that..tried similarly for other users as well but none of them are able to login via ssh..although GUI access works

Re: local ssh users unable to login

_Val_ — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:04:27 GMT

Double-check that your keyboard layout is English if you created users and passwords via the console. If not, passwords created through the console with the English default locale will be... different

Re: local ssh users unable to login

LostBoY — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:15:12 GMT

but the same passwords work for GUI login..its only they are not able to ssh to the management server.

Re: local ssh users unable to login

PhoneBoy — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:27:45 GMT

What does /var/log/secure say when users try and log in?

Re: local ssh users unable to login

LostBoY — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:29:19 GMT

i removed sshd_config file and recreated a new one with all the required values and the issue got resolved.. not sure how the old one was a problem but everything pointed out at sshd_config being the issue.