SSH not working macOS 14.7.1

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SSH not working macOS 14.7.1

Hi there community,

I cannot access my Mac via SSH any longer. I don't get an error reaching it via SSH - but I enter my password and it keeps prompting for the password over and over.

I ran a debug trying to reach my Mac using -v -v -v ssh username@ip which returned no specific error:

log of SSH attempt username

is there anything in that which would help me identify the issue? I can't see any specific error which would cause me not to be able to SSH.

I've disabled and re-enabled remote login in settings. I've rebooted.

Posted on Nov 17, 2024 5:34 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 18, 2024 5:05 PM in response to tomatoandcake

If it’s a typical Unix box you’re connecting into, man sshd_config for the log level info. You’re looking for LogLevel. Probably to VERBOSE, as a start.

       LogLevel
               Gives the verbosity level that is used when logging
               messages from sshd(8).  The possible values are: QUIET,
               FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2, and
               DEBUG3.  The default is INFO.  DEBUG and DEBUG1 are
               equivalent.  DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels
               of debugging output.  Logging with a DEBUG level violates
               the privacy of users and is not recommended.

If this is a Mac you’re connecting into, which version?

And if this is a Mac, Apple does (logging) things differently:

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Answer 2

Nov 19, 2024 3:51 PM in response to MrHoffman

ah, funny you should send that - I'd found that when doing some searching. I managed to get it working - but it wasn't by finding out what caused the issue.

I reinstalled Sonoma on top of the current install - once done. SSH worked fine again. I presume the re-install repaired whatever was out of whack with SSH.

thanks for the help! :)

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