I recently bought a laptop in order to work away from home and proceeded to get WinSCP so I could update my site from here. I copied all of the log-in information from my main computer but for some reason I get an, "Authentication Failed" message. Oddly, it logged me in fine last night. I would very much appreciate any insight into why this is. Thank you! ^_^
This seems to be a general problem:
http://xepher.net/forum/index.php?topic=823.msg8313#msg8313
...my guess is something went slightly astray with the system maintenance.
Oh! Thanks dude. ^_^
Nothing went wrong, per say, the system was just shut down for a bit while doing maintenance. If you're still having problems though, let me know.
It works fine now. ^_^
Quote from: FloppityKat on February 12, 2009, 10:15:13 PM
It works fine now. ^_^
Yeah, there was an issue - see the other thread for details.
In the even of validation stuff anyhow, I'd suggest using authorized keys if you know how. It's generally a bit more secure and allows you to (optionally) bypass the need of a password if you set things up right (I wouldn't to that on a shared computer though).