[Discuss] ssh issue

[Kent Borg]

On 6/20/24 12:44, dan moylan wrote:
> puzzled, i blanked out .ssh/known_hosts on cmp2 and tried:
>
> ssh moylan at cmp1
>
> asked if i really wanted to connect, i said yes, and then
> was asked for moylan's password. an incorrect password
> prompted a second request followed by a correct password.
> the window then locked up.
>
> any suggestions as to what i should do?

I would try for simpler experiments, such as:

  - "tail -f /var/log/auth.log" (or equivalent as appropriate because 
logging isn't supposed to be simple anymore) and watch what goes by

  - "ssh localhost"

  - if "ssh moylan at cmp1" is an exact string, there might be name 
confusions, try to  ssh by raw IP number from one to the other


Smells to me like there is a "mistaken identity" bug someplace here and 
you aren't talking what you think you are talking to.

-kb