Permission denied (publickey,password).

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Permission denied (publickey,password).

Hi everyone!

I'm having a problem with accessing an ftp site that I hope you can help with... accessing the site through sftp/ftp I am asked for the password, which is not accepted at all, after 3 successive tries, the error message given is:

Permission denied (publickey,password).
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I know the password is correct (After contacting the administrator numerous times, and being able to access the online server control panel with the same password)...

The administrator sent me the .ste file, which I'm uncertain about... although this statemnt is possibly cause for concern?
" useSFTP="FALSE" "

This is a new account that has recently been set up...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Lauren

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Dec 8, 2005 10:56 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 9, 2005 2:14 AM in response to Lauren Baird

Hi everyone!

[...]

The administrator sent me the .ste file, which I'm
uncertain about... although this statemnt is possibly
cause for concern?
" useSFTP="FALSE" "

That means NOT to use SFTP, which would obviate the need for a password. But if the site you are trying to access requires a password, i.e. it's a SFTP/only site, then you are back to square one. I suppose you are using a FTP/SFTP client application; if so, it should have a .plist file in the Library directory. I suggest you try: quit that application, park the .plist file in a neutral location where it will not be recognized by your FTP client (e.g. Desktop), log out, log back in, launch the STP client who will then generage a new .plist file, that might help. But if you have in that application bookmarks or other preset options that you want to save, a new .plist file will not preserve those settings. Another way around would be to try and edit that .plist file the the Property List Editor.app

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Answer 2

Lauren Baird Author

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Dec 9, 2005 4:26 PM in response to Charly Avital

Hi Charly,

Thanks very much...
I was actually using sftp through the terminal window... I'm not sure what the equivalent of the plist file is, although I deleted the entry in the known_hosts file yesterday... Today when I tried to connect I got the message below instead.

I'm pretty sure no dns spoofing if occurring... it's probably just the way the server has been set up. Do you know if there's anything I can tell the administrator that will help to solve this problem?

Also, what does (publickey,password) signify exactly? Initially i tried connecting
(sftp -oPasswordAuthentication=yes username@ftp.uluruproj.info)
with different option variants, thinking there was a problem with the password authentication... but i couldn't get any answers from google...

Thanks,
Lauren

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: POSSIBLE DNS SPOOFING DETECTED! @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
The DSA host key for ftp.uluruproj.info has changed,
and the key for the according IP address 69.20.9.188
is unknown. This could either mean that
DNS SPOOFING is happening or the IP address for the host
and its host key have changed at the same time.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the DSA host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the DSA key sent by the remote host is
3b:f6:1d:a2:0b:ac:51:a0:33:a8:37:d2:23:ff:f1:7c.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /Users/username/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending key in /Users/username/.ssh/known_hosts:9
DSA host key for ftp.uluruproj.info has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
Connection closed

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