Article:		Inside SSH, Part 3
Subject:		Tiger's Broke?
Date:		2005-05-12 15:08:29
From:		rbannon@mac.com
Well, when I upgraded to Tiger I think Apple changed the config files on me and my secure set-up was no longer working. Looking at my logs I was surprised to see that my previously secure machines were being attacked -- no one got in though. In any case I decided to follow the same -- may I add that your instructions are GREAT -- set of instructions to edit Apple's new defaulted Tiger files. Basically they look the same, but not exact. In any case I edited away, but now I get this error when I try to log in. < strong >Permission denied (gssapi-with-mic,publickey,gssapi). Do you have any suggestions? Sincerely, Ron Bannon

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• Tiger's Broke?
  2005-05-12 15:31:05  FJ de Kermadec | [View]
  
  
  Hi!
  
  First of all, thank you very much for taking the time to contact me and for your kind words, I really do appreciate them! :^)
  
  What do you mean by your machines being under attack? Did someone try to exploit any SSH weakness or was it more of a brute-force password attack? In any case, you might want to ensure that no issue you are encountering is due to a potentially successful intrusion.
  
  This being said, the "Permission denied" message you see is usually the result of a key mismatch or of a configuration error. Basically, SSH tells you that it tried every method to authenticate and that all of them failed in a row, leaving it unable to ascertain who you really are. A good way to see what really is at play is to run SSH in a verbose fashion by adding a "-vvv" flag to the command and reading the error messages that appear. That will allow you to see which of the 3 authentication methods should work and why it is failing.
  
  Let me know if this helps!
  FJ