KVM bridged guest ssh permission denied

I am able to ping my virtual machine and also have a satisfying response from ssh service using telnet, but I get 'permission denied' error whenever I attempt a ssh connection from a remote host. Connection is just fine when connecting in loopback on 127.0.0.1 with the same credentials.

Any hints?


Check:

  • /etc/hosts.deny / hosts.allow
  • "Match Address" in your sshd config

(i.e. something like:

PasswordAuthentication no
PubkeyAuthentication no
Match Address 127.0.0.*
    PubkeyAuthentication yes
    PasswordAuthentication yes

)