unable to connect to a remote windows xp machine using putty

Question

i have problem to connect to a remote windows xp machine using putty with an admin account.

when trying i get an "access denied" message

anyone have an idea of what can cause the problem ?

Windows doesn't have an SSH server built in; which SSH server have you installed?

lg. · Answer 1 · 2010-07-26 10:17:57Z

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Did you create user (and password) for OpenSSH? OpenSSH don't use the same windows users.

answered Jul 26 '10 at 10:17

lg.
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thanks ! that solves the problem. it seems to me that openssh add automatically admin users to the passwd file. – achraf Jul 26 '10 at 11:32

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Nikolaidis Fotis · Answer 2 · 2010-07-26 10:10:15Z

Do have physical access to that machine ? Maybe it's due to firewall rules or even sshd configuration.

Except for the case that you don't write the password correctly :> , sshd may be configured to reject any try to connect to the server.

At least in linux, you could see that in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. No idea for windows

migrated from serverfault.com Jul 27 '10 at 20:23