An ssh problem when trying to log in

Categories: Apple/Mac, Networking |

Problem:  I have a computer running Ubunutu (Linux) and I needed to ssh into it for some MySQL management.  I set up the ssh server, and was able to enter my username and password, but would be denied because of a wrong username/password combination.

Quick Solution: Even if your username includes a mix of capital and lowercase letters, you should use all lowercase when using terminal.

The Whole Story

Not much to it: I was trying to ssh (Secure Shell) into my Ubuntu Linux box from Mac OS X Leopard, but was having some problems.

Install SSH on Ubuntu

1. Open Synaptic Package Manager.
2. Install ssh and openssh-server
   
   
   

Your Ubuntu may need to restart, and after it does, your ssh service should be running.

Log into Ubuntu with ssh

Using a terminal on another computer that is networked to the Ubuntu box, type ssh user@host, where user is your username on the Ubuntu box, and host is the ip address of the Ubuntu box.

My problem is that my username on my Ubuntu box included both upper and lower case letters, so I was typing my username with upper and lower case. Only use lowercase letters.

The server will then ask for your password. This is the password for the username on your Ubuntu box.

If you type in the correct password, it should log your in.