ssh error message

[Keith Morse]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Net Llama! wrote:

> On 09/02/03 14:45, Simper, Brian D wrote:
> > Whenever I use secure shell on my Linux servers these error messages appear in /var/log/messages:
> > 
> > Aug 18 09:43:40 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28553]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=test-mobl2.amr.corp.com  user=test
> > Aug 18 09:43:49 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28555]: session opened for user test by (uid=500)
> > 
> > Aug 28 09:44:20 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28590]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=uelinux.corp.com  user=test
> > Aug 28 09:44:33 test-desk sshd(pam_unix)[28592]: session opened for user test by (uid=500)
> > 
> > The SSH session works but I get this authentication failure message appearing.  I am guessing that this is not a problem, but does anyone know what it means and what causes it?
> 
> You using samba?  Google is your friend:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&threadm=5GPM6.136567%24_f3.1924988%40news20.bellglobal.com&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fas_epq%3Dauthentication%2520failure%253B%2520logname%253D%26safe%3Doff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26lr%3D%26num%3D50%26hl%3Den


Mr. Net Llama, have you thought about using tinyURL?  These links are 
quite a mouseful.  I must be missing something obvious, (typically I am) 
aren't the above sshd messages?


IIRC, I've seen utterances about this on one of the redhat list's.  This 
is a feature/bug put in by the ssh developers.  This is a google link I 
found that might help also.  http://tinyurl.com/m25z