I'm logging into my home network via RDP.  From here, I'm trying to open a telnet session to the server.  It prompts me for a username and password, but it keeps saying the password is incorrect.  However, I'm able to use the same login and password via the web interface.  I tried changing the password and logging in again via telnet but that didn't work either.  Does the server only allow one telnet session to be open under the same user?  That may be the problem as I have a session open on a computer at home.  Here's the syslog entry:

 

Apr 26 09:19:20 Tower login[21628]: ILLEGAL ROOT LOGIN  on `pts/10' from `192.168.11.101' (Logins)

Apr 26 09:19:24 Tower login[21628]: invalid password for `root'  on `pts/10' from `192.168.11.101' (Logins)

 

Thanks for any insight!

This might sound obvious but after many years in IT the first thing I do when something tells me 'wrong password' and I'm sure the password I'm typing is correct...... is...... type the password where I can see what I'm typing.  Way too many times I have been tripped up by incorrect keyboard mappings, caps locks or just plain faulty keyboards.

Yup.  Even hen pecked the keys with one finger and changed it to a simple password like abc123.

 

Also read in the manual that multiple telnet sessions can be opened.  However, is this restricted to the root user?  I tried enabling user security and logging in with one of the other accounts.  It opens a session, but once I type in a password, the window is immediately closed.

 

To add to the confusion, I also installed the openSSH package and was able to login as root with the current password but not via telnet.