[X2Go-User] Getting "Access denied for 'password'. Authentication that can continue: publickey, password", used to work

[Chris Green]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 10:15:32AM +0200, Stefan Baur wrote:
> Am 11.09.19 um 10:07 schrieb Chris Green:
> > I've been running x2go from an xubuntu laptop client to an xubuntu
> > desktop machine successfully for a year or so.  It has now stopped
> > working with a pop-up window that says:-
> > 
> >     Access denied for 'password'. Authentication that can continue:
> >     publickey,password
> >     Access denied for 'password'. Authentication that can continue:
> >     publickey,password
> > 
> > (yes, it is repeated like that)
> > 
> > I have moved from xubuntu 18.04 to 19.04 (via 18.10), would this have
> > caused the problem maybe?  
> 
> What happens when you use the same password for a regular SSH session,
> from the same client?
> 
It all works with password authentication as it always used to, I
spend half my life permanently connected via ssh connections between
these machines! :-)   The upgrades 18.04 -> 18.10 -> 19.04 didn't have
any noticeable effect on my ssh usage.


> Anything in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server that might have changed
> during the upgrade?  (You do have a backup you could compare it to, right?)
> 
Probably, I'll go and take a look.....

... that's odd, my connection to the backup machine (using ssh) didn't
ask for a password.  I'll clear everything down (as in reboot this
laptop) and try all over again.  I'll be back to report what I find.

-- 
Chris Green