Managing a RHEL 7 site using Dreamweaver CC 2017

[ronboy30]

I have been using Dreamweaver CC 2017 to manage our web servers.  Up until recently one in particular has been a RHEL 6 web server.  I had no problems managing the site (e.g. connecting, checking files in/out, editing, etc.).  Our system administrators just upgraded it to RHEL 7.  Now when I try to map to the server and manage the site, when I enter my username/password, I get an error message stating 'username/password is incorrect'.  I can use putty to connect with the same credentials with no problem.  I have verified that my credentials are correct.  This same thing is happening on our other RHEL 7 server with the same error message.  I am able to connect and manage several other servers with RHEL 6.  Have you experienced others having problems with RHEL 7?  Is there a compatibility problem with that particular operating system?

thanks

[Nancy OShea]

It could be the new server uses stronger encryption. Maybe that's why Putty works and DW doesn't.

Nancy

[ronboy30]

Thanks Nancy for the reply.  I believe that you are on to something.  With the first server that we upgraded, I had to install the latest version of Putty in order for it to work.  Is there a setting somewhere in Dreamweaver that would increase the encryption from that end so that the connection would work with the more secure web server?

[ronboy30 · Accepted solution]

FYI - our System Administrator figured out my problem.  He added the following entry to the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and restarted sshd. 

MACs hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256