PuTTY gives "Network error: Software caused connection abort" and closes....why?

Question

I want to use PuTTY with username and password instead of ssh keys.

I edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config and uncommented '#PasswordAuthentication yes ’

Then I restarted ssh with ‘service ssh restart’

But, when I try and use PuTTY to log into server PuTTY does not connect and gives the “Network error: Software caused connection abort” message.

What am I screwing up?

RodrigoCS · Answer

Hello guys, I am having this problem (Network error: Software caused connection abort) when I try to access an SFTP user that I create. https://screenshot.net/pt/v67yef9 When I created the user, he accessed normally. However, it accessed all the system folders, but I wanted your access to be only from the /var/proddigital.com.br/wp-content folder So I followed the article below and created a group, restricted access to this folder /var/proddigital.com.br/wp-content and then entered the user into that group. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-do-i-restrict-a-user-to-a-specific-directory?answer=25559 After that, I can no longer log in with this user. It shows me the message “Network error: Software caused connection abort”. I run the command: cat/etc/passwd (https://screenshot.net/pt/842lnf5 ) and it shows me that the folder path for the user to reach the /wp-content folder is "/home/tagdiv-alin/proddigital.com/wp-content ", but I tried to access this path with the root user and it does not work. In fact, inside the /home/tagdiv-alin folder there is no shortcut folder for /proddigital.com.br (https://screenshot.net/pt/m6ej7fw ) as it has in the / root folder (https://screenshot.net/pt/o674kfm ). So I figured that inside the /home/tagdiv-alin folder there should also be a shortcut folder for /proddigital.com.br, which is why it is failing to try to login with the user. Am I right? If so, then how do I create this shortcut folder? If not, then what could be the problem? The following is also the authentication error log (/var/log/auth.log): https://screenshot.net/pt/z67ykf0 The following is also the syslog error log (/ var / log / syslog): https://screenshot.net/pt/0jrewud I hope this information helps you identify the problem. Thanks for the help.Rodrigo Carlos

naggappan · Answer

This may even happen if there is IP conflict in the network. Try to turn of the network service in the machine by manually loggingin to that eaither via console or direct keyboard then stop the network service. Now after that try to ping the same IP there may be some loss but still if ping works then for sure it is having IP conflict

archergod · Answer

Does anyone find a good answer on this? I am having same issue, but as in other forums I get it temporarily resolved by resetting my Win 10’s DNS cache using ipconfig /flushdns etc. But it is not a permanent solution and reappear after 1-2 days of work.

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