Do you have an "AllowUsers" line declared in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config
file on the remote end?  If so, are your regular users defined there?  If
it's not there at all, that shouldn't be a problem then.

Just my first thought anyhow.  If not that, try the -v option, as already
mentioned.

Wes

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Patrick Rhodes wrote:

> Okay, I've got to be missing something obvious: 
> 
> I can ssh in to a server (using SSH1 - not my server, so I can't just
> upgrade them to SSH2) as root, but not as any other user (I can su
> another user once in, however).  There is no 'nologin' file in the /etc
> directory.  If you try to ssh in as somebody other than 'root', then it
> just says 'authentication failed'.  I've looked all over for any help on
> this and I'm not having any luck.
> 
> Any ideas? 
> 
> Patrick 
> 
>