Re: "Unable to authenticate using any of the configured authentication methods?" to Debian

ANTant_at_zimage.com
Date: 09/26/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:29:19 -0500

Darren Tucker <dtucker@dodgy.net.au> wrote:
> In article <NtydnUdujpzFTcjcRVn-sQ@mminternet.net>, <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> >Hi. I just installed Debian v3.1 overnight since I was replacing old
> >Red Hat Linux 7.1 OS. I installed it cleanly (wiped out everything on a
> >30 GB HDD). I installed SSH daemon and client from apt-get install.
> >
> >I cannot ssh (1 and 2) into this box due to these errors:
> >
> >SSH2 says "Unable to authenticate using any of the configured
> >authentication methods".

> You may need to enable keyboard-interactive authentication in SecureCRT
> or PasswordAuthentication on the server (but beware that the latter will
> *not* use PAM on Debian's current version of sshd).

I set "yes" for PasswordAuthentication line. It didn't seem to help.

Is keyboard-interactive authentication the one where you enter the password
manually in SecureCRT's log in prompt? If so, then that is what I was
doing.

Sorry if I sound like a newbie. I am since PAM and other stuff are
over my head. I am just a user from Red Hat days. I don't even know what
PAM does or if that is any use for home usage. :) 

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