[FreeNX-kNX] Fwd: Re: NXClient fails to connect with authentication failed for user.
Dion Moult
dion at thinkmoult.com
Sat Sep 26 09:56:10 UTC 2009
It asks for my passphrase. So I rename id_dsa to something else and try again
and you are right it asks for my password. I can log in fine.
Trying again with NXClient with the moved id_dsa still fails with the same
error as before.
On Saturday 26 September 2009 17:44:20 ChrisB wrote:
> Dion Moult <dion at thinkmoult.com> wrote on 26/09/2009 03:01:22:
> > Tried changing that, restarting sshd and nxserver, but it still
> > gives the same
> > error:
> >
> > sshd[23560]: Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 38026
> > sshd[23560]: Failed none for nx from 127.0.0.1 port 38026 ssh2
> > sshd[23560]: Found matching DSA key: blahblahblahetcetc
> > sshd[23560]: Accepted publickey for nx from 127.0.0.1 port 38026 ssh2
> > sshd[23560]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user nx by
>
> (uid=0)
>
> > sshd[23560]: User child is on pid 23562
> > nxserver[23692]: (nx) Failed login for user=dion from IP=127.0.0.1
> > sshd[23562]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1
> > sshd[23562]: Transferred: sent 2848, received 1968 bytes
> > sshd[23562]: Closing connection to 127.0.0.1 port 38026
> > sshd[23560]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user nx
>
> Sounds like password or account issues with user dion
>
> On the server, try
>
> ssh -v -p 443 -l dion localhost
>
> The -v will tell you what it is trying and what fails.
>
> It should ask for a password. If user dion has an id_dsa or id_rsa key in
> $HOME/.ssh then you need to temporarily rename it id_dsa.000 or some such.
>
> If you can't log in as user dion locally using a password then it won't
> work over nx, so you need to prove this works/fix it next . . . .
>
> > On Saturday 26 September 2009 09:55:03 you wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [FreeNX-kNX] NXClient fails to connect with
>
> authentication
>
> > > failed for user.
> > > Date: Friday 25 September 2009
> > > From: "ChrisB" <chris at ccburton.com>
> > > To: User Support for FreeNX Server and kNX Client <freenx-knx at kde.org>
> > >
> > > Dion Moult <dion at thinkmoult.com> wrote on 25/09/2009 18:09:17:
> > >
> > >
> > > SNIP
> > >
> > > > sshd[13479]: Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 40791
> > > > sshd[13479]: Found matching DSA key: blahblahblahblah
> > > > sshd[13479]: Accepted publickey for nx from 127.0.0.1 port 40791
>
> ssh2
>
> > > > sshd[13479]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user nx by
> > >
> > > (uid=0)
> > >
> > > > sshd[13479]: User child is on pid 13481
> > > > nxserver[13611]: (nx) Failed login for user=dion from IP=127.0.0.1
> > >
> > > Yup
> > >
> > > > I have checked that the public key is in /home/dion/.
> > > > ssh/authorized_keys. If I
> > > > do ssh -p 443 localhost on the computer with the account dion it
>
> asks
>
> > > for my
> > >
> > > > passphrase of my private keypair (not the NX one) and I can log in
>
> and
>
> > > SSH in
> > >
> > > You need to use password authentication for the local user after
> > > connecting via ssh as user nx.
> > >
> > > Some distros disable this by default because it allows brute force
>
> attacks
>
> > > . . . .
> > >
> > > > remotely fine without problems. I'm not sure whether it helps but
>
> when I
>
> > > try
> > >
> > > > ssh -p 443 nx at localhost it asks for a Password, of which nothing I
> > > > try can log
> > > > it in.
> > > >
> > > > This is my sshd_config:
> > > > Port 443
> > > > Protocol 2
> > > > SyslogFacility AUTH
> > > > PermitRootLogin no
> > > > RSAAuthentication yes
> > > > PubkeyAuthentication yes
> > > > PasswordAuthentication no
> > >
> > > Here
> > >
> > > Just change to PasswordAuthentication yes
> > >
> > > > PermitEmptyPasswords no
> > > > UsePAM yes
> > > > Compression yes
> > > > KeepAlive yes
> > > > ClientAliveInterval 30
> > > > ClientAliveCountMax 4
> > > > AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
> > > > LogLevel VERBOSE
> > > >
> > > > (Note: I run SSH on port 443 on purpose, not by accident)
> > > >
> > > > Summary: When trying to connect using username and password for the
> > >
> > > account
> > >
> > > > "dion" which exists on the box running freenx it says Authentication
> > >
> > > failed
> > >
> > > > for user dion.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas? Much appreciated.
> > >
> > >
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--
Dion Moult :-)
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