Re: Another SSH Problem

[Gernot Poerner <gernot.poerner@web.de>]

jk> I am running openbsd 2.9 on i386. I installed OpenSSH
jk> 3.4 by adding the user using vipw and added the the
jk> group to /etc/group. I then followed the instructions
jk> to the letter for installation including #mkdir
jk> /var/empty. All compiling went well. When I tried to
jk> start the new sshd it gave me the error message along
jk> the lines of "there is no /etc/ssh/sshd_config". I am
jk> running from openbsd 2.9 which uses /etc/sshd_config
jk> so why is it looking for /etc/ssh/sshd_config? 
jk> I tried copying the files to my new /etc/ssh directory
jk> and sshd started fine. I then tried to shell in but I
jk> only get "permission denied, please try again" after
jk> typing in my password. It is like it doesn't
jk> recongnize my username or my password (or both?)


Apply the patch from
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/openbsd29_3.4.patch
and recompile

http://www.openssh.com/openbsd.html
You used the instructions for 3.1, look further down for 3.0, 2.9

G.Poerner