Unable to SSH into Server

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On 2024-10-21 21:55, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am a little stuck.
>> 
>> I am trying to configure a user that will allow me to log into an
>> Ubuntu
>> 24.04lts server via SSH.
>> 
>> I created a line : "AllowUsers default" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>> 
>> Then sudo systemctl restart ssh
>> 
>> Try to login and get "client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe"
>> 
>> sudo tail /var/log/faillog returns nothing.
>> 
>> I can SSH into the server from my Kubuntu desktop under the default
>> user
>> created during server o/s install
>> 
>> A search says it is probably a network issue.  Does not make sense
>> given
>> I can SSH in using another user.
>> 
>> Any thoughts are much appreciated.
>> 
>> Keith
> 
> Is "default" the second username you created?
> 

Yes.


> Per the man page for sshd_config, this line "AllowUsers default" in
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config should list each user (space separated) that is
> allowed to login via ssh.
> 
> Try to compare the output for the two users using:
> 
>> ssh -vvv <user>@<machine>
>  --
> 

Thanks!!


> Arun Khan
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