Re: SSH password authentication: User Unknown?

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

They can only be 8 characters in length.  This is an AIX-coming-to-PASE
idiosyncrasy.  I couldn't tell from your email whether you were sanitizing
the log with "MYUSERID" or not.

Aaron Bartell

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:11 PM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Folks:
>
> Has anyone experienced a problem with SSH on 7.1 reporting a user as
> unknown, even though the user absolutely exists?
>
> I can sign on to the system via green screen without a problem.
>
> When I try to connect via SSH, it rejects the attempt.
>
> I ran sshd in debug mode and got the following output:
>
> debug1: userauth-request for user MYUSERID service ssh-connection method
> none
> debug1: attempt 0 failures 0
> Invalid user from 10.199.19.213
> debug1: audit event euid 112 user (unknown user) event 9 (SSH_invldusr)
> input_userauth_request: invalid user MYUSERID
> debug1: audit event euid 112 user (invalid user) event 9 (SSH_invldusr)
> Failed none for UNKNOWN_USER from 10.199.19.213 port 62784 ssh2
>
> The user profile I'm using _is_ a *SECOFR profile ... but the sshd_config
> says that root login is allowed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> david
>
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