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I have a fresh install of openSUSE (tumbleweed) that I am trying to access via ssh from my Windows 7 box on my local home network. I can ping the boxes from each other successfully. I have edited the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the openSUSE box and changed the port to 2223. I have added the line AllowUsers (mylogin) to ssh_config. PermitRootLogin is set to no. PasswordAuthentication is set to yes. I generated a public key on my windows machine and copied it to the openSUSE machine via a flash drive and added it to my .ssh/authorized_keys, but my understanding is this shouldn't be needed if I have PasswordAuthentication set to yes.

I have done these things after researching different solutions on the internet but I can't seem to find a solution to my problem: I can't login to my openSUSE box from Windows via Putty. I can connect to a session but I get 'Access Denied' everytime I attempt a login.

edit* I can login via ssh on my linux box from my linux box using 

ssh openSUSEcomputername -p 2223
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  • Firewall/Apparmor problem? and/or windows firewall problem?
    – mdpc
    Aug 22, 2016 at 21:18
  • Is something like iptables enabled by default while installing suse ?
    – MelBurslan
    Aug 22, 2016 at 21:19
  • from windows, open up a command prompt and try running telnet suselinuxservername 2223 what do you see ?
    – MelBurslan
    Aug 22, 2016 at 21:20
  • @MelBurslan the response to telnet is a blank screen that says SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2 and has a blinking cursor on the next line. If I don't type anything I get Connection to host lost after a couple minutes.
    – doval
    Aug 22, 2016 at 21:32
  • Then you don't have a firewall problem. Try shutting down sshd and starting in debug mode for one single instance with sshd -p 2223 -D -ddd -e and try logging in from your windows machine, while watching the log screen on your linux box. It may give you the indication why it is giving access denied message.
    – MelBurslan
    Aug 22, 2016 at 22:50

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ugh I knew it was something simple... when I was logging in i used (username)@(servername). after disabling UsePAM and testing connection I found that the login attempt was automatically appending the servername to the end of the login I entered, giving the wrong login. i logged in using just the username and was successful. renabled UsePAM parameter and was successful.. solved. thanks to all that responded!!

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