[FreeNX-kNX] NXClient fails to connect with authentication failed for user.

[ChrisB]

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.
>


 
> -- 
> Dion Moult :-)
> [attachment "signature.asc" deleted by chris burton/solar-
> system/local] 
________________________________________________________________
>      Were you helped on this list with your FreeNX problem?
>     Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ:
> 
> 
http://openfacts2.berlios.de/wikien/index.php/BerliosProject:FreeNX_-_FAQ
> 
>          Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:
>                  http://www.nomachine.com/kb/ 
> 
> ________________________________________________________________
>        FreeNX-kNX mailing list --- FreeNX-kNX at kde.org
>       https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx
> ________________________________________________________________
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/attachments/20090925/d4fd207b/attachment.html>