I am able to connect via SSH on my Debian VM if I log in as root, but when I try to log in as a user, the correct password is rejected with "Access Denied"

 

I added my user account "tim" to /etc/ssh/sshd_config like this:

 

# Authentication:
# limetech - we need to allow root
AllowUsers root tim
PermitRootLogin yes

 

I have restarted the ssh service

sudo service ssh restart

 

But I still cannot connect as user tim, only root.

 

 

 

Try updating to 7.1.0-rc.3, then copy /etc/ssh/sshd_config to /boot/config/ssh/sshd_config, now for any changes always edit /boot/config/ssh/sshd_config and reboot, that file will be loaded during boot.

Edit - I was getting my SSH sessions confused between the Unraid OS and the Debian 12 OS running in a VM under Unraid.

 

For the Unraid OS, I can log in SSH as root. I don't need to log in as other users. (the other users are for file shares on the array)

 

For Debian 12, I can log in as tim, but not as root. However I can use su to become root, so there is no issue.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 20251 yr by timg11