SSH connection using transfer

[Bloke2]

I am try to use the transfer tool. The session ends and I am not connecting to the server. I tried connecting using Putty to see if I could connect successfully. I sign in with my user name and it asks for password. After I enter it, Putty closes with no error. If I try the password incorrect, it will say incorrect password. I added my username to the wheel group.

 

[Bloke2]

The remote basic credential check failed due to an error (The system failed to escalate privileges to root on “xxx.xx.xx.xx” with “sudo” or “su” because of an error: Failed to escalate to root) and response: Connecting to xxx.xx.xx.xx as myname...using method password...Connection Success Waiting for login prompt ....Waiting for login prompt timed out, assuming the shell has an odd prompt. Normalizing user level shell...

 

[Bloke2]

So does this mean it has connected? The message just cuts off and doesn't tell me what happens. Should i be using a key? In WHM is shows there is a public and privite key names id_rsa. Password Authentication is currently enabled. Is there anything else I can check?

 

[Bloke2]

I tried using Putty and SSH to connect to my new server and it worked. So I know its not a firewall, port or Putty issue. But this might help solve the problem.

When I first open Putty it mentioned the key being save to cache. But I said no. On the other server that doesnt connect, the terminal says "using keyboard-interactive authentication" password:

There is a key on the old server called id_rsa. Should I try and delete that?

 

[Bloke2]

I tried using the terminal in WHM and looked at the logs

# tail -f -n 50 /var/log/secure | grep sshd


pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=xxx.xxx.xx.xx user=myname
error: PAM: Authentication failure for myname from xxx.xxx.xx.xx
Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for myname from xxx.xxx.xx.xx port 58783 ssh2
pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user myname by (uid=0)
pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user myname


One thing I noticed was this line in the config file. It doesn't say yes or no because its commented out.

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# Authentication:
#PermitRootLogin yes

My new server that I can log in reads like this:
PermitRootLogin no

 

[Bloke2]

I contacted my service provider of my VPS. They recommended repairing or reinstalling SSH. Does that sound like a possible fix?

 

[cPanelLauren]

What is the output of the following on both servers?

grep PasswordAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config

 

[Bloke2]

What is the output of the following on both servers?

grep PasswordAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config

On both servers it says:

#PasswordAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication yes
# PasswordAuthentication. Depending on your PAM configuration,
# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication

 

[Bloke2]

/var/log/secure | grep sshd

If I type the wrong password I get this:
pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=xxx.xxx.xx.xx user=myname
Aug 26 10:20:35 ip-166-62-46-26 sshd[25649]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for myname from xxx.xxx.xx.xx
If I type it correct there is no record of it on the log

 

[Bloke2]

sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -d -d -d -p 2222 2>&1 | tee /tmp/sshd.log
debug2: load_server_config: filename /etc/ssh/sshd_config
debug2: load_server_config: done config len = 750
debug2: parse_server_config: config /etc/ssh/sshd_config len 750
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:21 setting Protocol 2
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:36 setting SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:48 setting PubkeyAuthentication yes
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:49 setting AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:66 setting PasswordAuthentication yes
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:70 setting ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:81 setting GSSAPIAuthentication yes
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:83 setting GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:97 setting UsePAM yes
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:100 setting AcceptEnv LANG LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:101 setting AcceptEnv LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE LC_MEASUREMENT
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:102 setting AcceptEnv LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL LANGUAGE
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:103 setting AcceptEnv XMODIFIERS
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:109 setting X11Forwarding no
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:132 setting Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:139 setting PermitRootLogin no
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:140 setting UseDNS no
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:141 setting PermitRootLogin no
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:142 setting PermitRootLogin no
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:143 setting DenyGroups cpaneldemo cpanelsuspended
debug3: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:144 setting PermitRootLogin no
debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_5.3p1
debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: private host key: #0 type 1 RSA
debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug1: private host key: #1 type 2 DSA
debug1: rexec_argv[0]='/usr/sbin/sshd'
debug1: rexec_argv[1]='-d'
debug1: rexec_argv[2]='-d'
debug1: rexec_argv[3]='-d'
debug1: rexec_argv[4]='-p'
debug1: rexec_argv[5]='2222'
debug3: oom_adjust_setup
Set /proc/self/oom_score_adj from 0 to -1000
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Bind to port 2222 on 0.0.0.0.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 2222.
socket: Address family not supported by protocol

 

[keat63]

I'm not entirely sure what it is you're trying to achieve, however I use putty to upload my internal backups to our WHM server, using a batch file, if this helps.
This is the command I use:

psftp [email protected] -pw password -P 22 -b script.txt

then my script.txt says:

put myfile.rar

I've obscured my sensitive info along with the actual port I use

 

[cPanelLauren]

Based on that it looks like root login isn't permitted, I don't know what user you're attempting to log in as since you've not disclosed that


Based on the fact you noted you are using puTTY it does have a log file Putty - Automatically closes on authentication