ssh authentication failure

[mjerodd]

Hello,

To start please understand I'm fairly new to Linux. I've recently installed fedora 10 and my problem is with ssh. When I try to ssh from my laptop to my linux box I'm prompted for my password but it is repeatedly rejected. I know the password is correct because I use it to login to the system. It certainly appears that sshd is running because I'm prompted for the password. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[tajidinabd]

Can you please verify that SSH server is running on the linux box and also verify that port number is correct. Also check your firewall on the linux box to make sure it accepts incoming connections for that port for SSH

Lastly post the exact error message you getting when you try to login remotely

[aesir]

Does your password contain non standard ascii characters? Then it may be a keyboard layout problem.

And to be sure that sshd is working and accepts the password, try to connect locally on the server machine:

ssh youruser@127.0.0.1

[dajune]

Don't forget to take a look at the /var/log/secure log on the server. Any failed attempts will show up in the log. It might point you in the right direction...