[ale] SSH session ends immediately after authentication

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Jan 26 13:56:28 EST 2006


On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 13:47 -0500, Jason Day wrote:
> On 1/26/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>         Same client from a diff network?  If so, check settings in
>         ~/.ssh/config.  Also, have you verified on the server that you
>         have a
>         valid shell specified in /etc/passwd?  Finally, has the auth
>         scheme in
>         sshd_config been changed on the server?
> 
> Three different clients on three different networks: openssh, pssh
> (PalmOS client), and putty.  I know there were valid shells
> in /etc/passwd yesterday, but I don't have physical access right now.
> Nothing was changed in sshd_config or anywhere else, at least not by
> me.  My concern is that it's been compromised. 

A valid concern.

Try logging in again with -vvv in the ssh string to get the maximum
debugging info.
>  
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 
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