putty 0.61: why do I see "Access Denied" message after I enter my login id?
I use putty to login to my RHEL 5.3 server. I'm prompted to enter my login as "login as" and I enter my login Id. As soon as I press Enter, I see a "Access Denied" message following which I'm prompted with password. I successfully enter password and I'm through -- no problems.
I tried the same with putty 0.60 (as opposed to above putty 0.61), but in this version, I don't get any "access denied" error. What should I make of this? Is putty 0.61 version buggy?
P.S.: If I login using ssh.exe (from cygwin), then I'm fine -- I don't get any "access denied" errors.
Solution 1:
PuTTY tries several authentication methods in a row, which might cause these messages:
- GSSAPI (only if your system and the server have it enabled)
- Public key (only if you have a key loaded)
- Password
After receiving the "Access denied" message, hold Ctrl and right-click on the PuTTY window, then select Event log. At the bottom you will see what exactly caused the failure.
Update: PuTTY 0.62 fixed the bug where failing GSSAPI authentication caused this error message.
Solution 2:
You can just edit configure file of putty in directory /home/Lifeix/.putty/sessions, change AuthGSSAPI=0 to AuthGSSAPI=1
Solution 3:
This has been fixed in version .62 which is currently in pre-release stage. I deleted my old putty app exe file, then downloaded the .62 version from their website. Ran it and now the Access Denied error is gone without having to change GSSAPI settings on either the server nor in putty.