When I try to use ssh to login locally, it closes the connection.
$ ssh -vvv Chloe@localhost ... debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). Authenticated to localhost ([::1]:22). debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0 debug2: channel 0: send open debug3: send packet: type 90 debug1: Requesting [email protected] debug3: send packet: type 80 debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: pledge: network debug3: send packet: type 1 debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 debug3: channel 0: status: The following connections are open: #0 client-session (t3 r-1 i0/0 o0/0 fd 4/5 cc -1) Connection to localhost closed by remote host. Connection to localhost closed. Transferred: sent 1952, received 1412 bytes, in 0.0 seconds Bytes per second: sent 12675697.7, received 9169101.0 debug1: Exit status -1 However, I can login locally
Chloe@xps ~ $ login login: Chloe Password: Last login: Thu May 22 00:01:42 from ... And open terminals fine. It is closing the connection from another computer as well. I followed all the steps in this answer (Why is my SSH connection being closed immediately after pubkey auth succeeds?) but it still fails.
$ ls -ld ~/.ssh drwx------+ 1 Chloe None 0 Jul 5 2014 /home/Chloe/.ssh All files are 600, group None.
$ ls -l .ssh total 55 -rw------- 1 Chloe None 395 May 21 2014 authorized_keys -rw------- 1 Chloe None 1638 Apr 6 2009 authorized_keys.old -rw------- 1 Chloe None 668 Apr 6 2009 id_dsa -rw------- 1 Chloe None 603 Apr 6 2009 id_dsa.pub -rw------- 1 Chloe None 1675 Apr 6 2009 id_rsa ... sshd running as Cygwin service.
$ cygrunsrv -Q sshd Service : sshd Display name : CYGWIN sshd Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/sshd -D Enabled public key authentication and recycled server.
$ grep Pubkey /etc/sshd_config PubkeyAuthentication yes The server log is empty.
$ ls -l /var/log/sshd.log -rw-r--r--+ 1 cyg_server None 0 Nov 21 22:55 /var/log/sshd.log cygwin 2.5.2, Windows 8.1