Forum:Error while trying to ssh localhost please help

Hi I am trying to ssh localhost after starting the sshd with the command net start sshd, every time I am getting the authentication error. I have tried a lot and searched hours and hours in google but could not find a fix, please help me: The output of ssh -vvv localhost is as follows:- (I am using cygwin in windows 8.1, made a inbound new rule for port 22 in firewall)

OpenSSH_7.5p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k  26 Jan 2017

debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config

debug2: resolving "localhost" port 22

debug2: ssh_connect_direct: needpriv 0

debug1: Connecting to localhost [::1] port 22.

debug1: Connection established.

debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_rsa type 1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1

debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_dsa type 2

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1

debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_ecdsa type 3

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: identity file /home/home/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.5

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_7.5

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: match: OpenSSH_7.5 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Authenticating to localhost:22 as 'home'

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/home/home/.ssh/known_hosts"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: record_hostkey: found key type ECDSA in file /home/home/.ssh/known_hosts:1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys from localhost

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: prefer hostkeyalgs: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send packet: type 20

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: receive packet: type 20

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: local client KEXINIT proposal

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: KEX algorithms: curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,ext-info-c

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: host key algorithms: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: ciphers ctos: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: ciphers stoc: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: MACs ctos: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: MACs stoc: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: compression ctos: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: compression stoc: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: languages ctos:

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: languages stoc:

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: first_kex_follows 0

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: reserved 0

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: peer server KEXINIT proposal

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: KEX algorithms: curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: host key algorithms: ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ssh-ed25519

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: ciphers ctos: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: ciphers stoc: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: MACs ctos: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: MACs stoc: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: compression ctos: none,zlib@openssh.com

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: compression stoc: none,zlib@openssh.com

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: languages ctos:

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: languages stoc:

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: first_kex_follows 0

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: reserved 0

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send packet: type 30

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: receive packet: type 31

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:0dpEO+ZLFxQp0oAKT2rVjQ6W+y4rcLvE8Cf1/oeQS+U

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/home/home/.ssh/known_hosts"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: record_hostkey: found key type ECDSA in file /home/home/.ssh/known_hosts:1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys from localhost

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Host 'localhost' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Found key in /home/home/.ssh/known_hosts:1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send packet: type 21

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: receive packet: type 21

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: key: /home/home/.ssh/id_rsa (0x60005ff90)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key /home/home/.ssh/id_dsa - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: key: /home/home/.ssh/id_ecdsa (0x60005f680)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: key: /home/home/.ssh/id_ed25519 (0x0)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send packet: type 5

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: receive packet: type 7

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521>

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: receive packet: type 6

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send packet: type 50

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: receive packet: type 51

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey,password,keyboard-interactive

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Next authentication method: publickey

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/home/.ssh/id_rsa

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send_pubkey_test

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug3: send packet: type 50

<p style="font-weight:normal;">debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Authentication failed.

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