Subject: Re: SSH Troubles
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 22:29:33 MST
Herb wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I must admit I love the install-ssh option. It's great. Anyway,
> here's the problem:
>
> I have a Performa 6360 with YDL. In fact, I have 3 of them right now
> as file servers. They all have SSH installed and were running fine. One
> day, one of them began to refuse all connections. It would say "Connection
> closed by foreign host".
>
> With the "-v" verbose flag on, it would give me all the correct
> responses up to "XXX.XXX.com: Connection Established" (The XXX would be my
> local computer' host name) Right after this line, it gives me the
> "Connection closed by foreign host" error.
Is the ssh daemon running on the host that you are trying to connect to? That
will definately give you the Connection closed by foreign host error.
>
>
> I tried configuring the /etc/ssh files. But they are exactly the same
> contents wise, have the same check sums, and sizes as my /etc/ssh files on
> the other 2 functional computers. The sshd1 in /usr/bin and the files in
> /usr/sbin are the same as well. Finally, the sshd daemon in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d is also the same. Am I missing some files? (Config files?)
>
> I have tried reinstalling ssh by:
> a) stopping sshd and reinstalling ssh
> b) stopping sshd and installing ssh manually by installing the
> ssh___.rpm in /usr/src/RedHat/ppc/SRPMS
>
> and the 4 ssh___.rpmin /usr/src/RedHat/ppc/RPMS
>
> Before this problem occurred, I:
> a) Put in an /etc/hosts.equiv file
> b) Altered the /etc/hosts.allow and hosts.deny files
> c) Commented out rlogin in inet.conf
> That's about it.
>
> Any ideas?
Check /var/log/messages on the host you are trying to connect to (the one that
is running the daemon) and look for the error message. If the ssh daemon is
running, and it refused the connection then there should be some clue as to
why the connection was refused.
>
>
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