it's probably a permissions error on /dev/tty the error sounded vaguely familiar to me, so I searched on the gentoo forums. check out this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=102463&highlight=sshaskpass hth On Dec 28, 2004, at 6:53 AM, Nathan England wrote: > > Anyone having trouble using sshd and any kernels over 2.6.7 ? > I've read some discussion about it, but nothing so far helps my > problem of not > being able to connect to anything... > > I have a couple servers where I have my id_rsa.pub file included in the > authorized keys and I can log in as normal, but when a password is > required, > it says: > > nathan@deadsoul:~$ ssh nathan@fallout > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory > Permission denied, please try again. > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory > Permission denied, please try again. > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory > Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive). > > > But under kernel 2.6.7 it works fine. > Also, when I try to start sshd under 2.6.10 it says it can't find the > file /etc/ssh/sshd_config > which doesn't exist, but under 2.6.7 it works okay, not asking for the > file. > > I've tried upgraded packages, I've tried removing the slack pack and > installing from source... nothing seems to work. Only going backwards > in the > kernel tree... > > Any ideas? > > Nathan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss