[Info-vax] strange SSH problem

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <mjao84$28dt$1 at news.kjsl.com>,
helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
writes: 

> Checking out TCPIP 5.7, I checked something I've never checked before,
> namely SSH from one node of the cluster to another.  SSH from the
> cluster to a remote host and vice-versa (coming in through the TCPIP
> cluster alias) works fine.  SCP as well.  (This is all I ever need SSH
> for so I haven't tested it within the cluster.) 
> 
> The problem presumably has nothing to do with the upgrade since I get 
> the same behavious whatever two nodes are involved, upgraded or not, 
> whichever is client and which server etc.
> 
> I do use a key for SSH from the cluster to a remote system, but 
> otherwise password authentication.  So, as long as SSH is running, 
> nothing to set up, right?
> 
> SSH from one cluster node to another usually fails; after three attempts 
> at entering the password, it gives up.  However, in one of about 20 
> tries, it did work.  (No, the password isn't wrong and works fine with 
> telnet or SET HOST/LAT within the cluster.)

More information: Of 5 accounts I tried, 3 work and 2 don't.  So, it's 
not random, but still puzzling.  The 2 accounts which don't work with 
SSH work with telnet and SET HOST/LAT.

I get:

Status:                   %LOGIN-F-NOTVALID, user authorization failure