Alex Strasheim wrote: > > I'm having the same problem (can't login), and hosts.deny didn't solve it. > I can't ssh to localhost either. > > I'm new to debian, and I'm just trying to get a usable system set up -- one > that I can ssh into. I haven't figured out the package management system > very well, so I dl'd and built my own OpenSSH. On an earlier install, I did > exactly the same thing and it worked -- this time I selected MD5 passwords, > and I think that's tripping me up. I remember getting hung up with this on > slackware, too, but I can't remember what I did. I added the OpenSSH > example PAM file to /etc/pam.d, but that didn't do it. > > Does anyone have any ideas? You have to learn APT as this is one of the main reasons to use Debian.
Check this out. http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html As root, apt-get install ssh That's it. Eric
