openssh unix dev - Apr 2000 - BOUNCE openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org: Non-member submission from [Howard Williams <howielin@home.com>] (fwd)

From: Howard Williams <howielin at home.com>
Reply-To: howielin at home.com
To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
Subject: Can't log in via ssh

As far as I can tell, I performed a basic configuration properly, but I
get an error I can't understand

Can you help?  Here's my session:

SSH Version OpenSSH-1.2.2, protocol version 1.5.
Compiled with SSL.
debug: Reading configuration data /root/.ssh/config
debug: Applying options for *
debug: Reading configuration data /usr/local/openssh/etc/ssh_config
debug: Applying options for *
debug: ssh_connect: getuid 0 geteuid 0 anon 0
debug: Connecting to 24.9.129.252 [24.9.129.252] port 22.
debug: Allocated local port 923.
debug: Connection established.
debug: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version
OpenSSH-1.2.2
debug: Waiting for server public key.
debug: Received server public key (768 bits) and host key (1024 bits).
debug: Host '24.9.129.252' is known and matches the host key.
debug: Encryption type: 3des
debug: Sent encrypted session key.
debug: Installing crc compensation attack detector.
debug: Received encrypted confirmation.
debug: Trying RSA authentication with key 'root at cx332216-a'
debug: Received RSA challenge from server.
debug: Sending response to host key RSA challenge.
debug: Remote: RSA authentication accepted.
debug: RSA authentication refused.
debug: Trying RSA authentication with key 'root at cx332216-a'
debug: Server refused our key.
debug: Doing password authentication.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied.
debug: Calling cleanup 0x8054f8c(0x0)

Thanks