On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 02:45:05PM -0700, Simper, Brian D wrote:
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/_Whenever I use secure shell on my Linux servers these error messages appear in /var/log/messages:
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/_Aug 18 09:43:40 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28553]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=test-mobl2.amr.corp.com  user=test
/_Aug 18 09:43:49 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28555]: session opened for user test by (uid=500)
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/_Aug 28 09:44:20 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28590]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=uelinux.corp.com  user=test
/_Aug 28 09:44:33 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28592]: session opened for user test by (uid=500)
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/_The SSH session works but I get this authentication failure message appearing.  I am guessing that this is not a problem, but does anyone know what it means and what causes it?
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What user are you ssh'ing under? uid of zero on my machines is always root.
Maybe your system is set up correctly to disallow login as/to root?

-mike