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Date:      Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:06:59 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Alexander Lardner <linuxtux37@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No login prompt when ssh-ing into my machine.
Message-ID:  <20110416190659.dae534fe.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTima1DmuJLWsm8XuAni_9QVLWrU2Tg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <BANLkTima1DmuJLWsm8XuAni_9QVLWrU2Tg@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:36:54 -0700, Alexander Lardner <linuxtux37@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
> Sorry to bother you with two questions in 24hrs :P. I have set up sshd so I
> can access my FreeBSD box anywhere on my LAN. I've noticed a problem,
> though, when I try to get in. If I'm in my OS X terminal:
> 
> alex$ ssh 192.168.2.7
> Password:
> 
> That's the issue. No login, no banner. From the reading and Googling I've
> done it seems that it's trying to login as my current OS X user, and when I
> type *ssh alardner@192.168.2.7 *it connects fine, but I don't want to have
> to do it that way. How can I get it to show the login prompt as well?

See "man sshd_config" for details, especially the
keyword "Banner" may be interesting. For configuring
your local SSH  client program, see "man ssh_config".



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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