I had ssh (2.3.0, compiled from source) working just fine, and then I change my sources.list to the unstable branch (to get perl5.6 and a few other more up-to-date packages, includeing libc6).
Then I needed to do a "apt-get -f install" (to fix dependencies). It asked me to restart a few services (inetd was one) and said I may need to restart more if they are acting funny. I looked for a log of what it installed later, but couldn't find one. Immediately, I began to get errors with ssh (I did the updates over ssh, and it let me continue ok in that session, but not log in any new ones). I tried restarting, then recompiling, then looking at /etc/hosts.deny ( I commented the useful line ), and I just don't know what to do. Here is the client response: $ ssh -v localhost SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f). debug: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config debug: Seeding random number generator debug: ssh_connect: getuid 0 geteuid 0 anon 0 debug: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22. debug: Allocated local port 1023. debug: debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. fatal: get_sock_port: getnameinfo NI_NUMERICSERV failed debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8061f9c(0x0) Connection established. ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host debug: Calling cleanup 0x805ebfc(0x0) server debug info: # /usr/local/sbin/sshd -ddd debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: read DSA private key done debug1: Forcing server key to 1152 bits to make it differ from host key. debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: Bind to port 22 on ::. Server listening on :: port 22. debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Generating 1152 bit RSA key. debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: Seeding random number generator RSA key generation complete. debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. fatal: get_sock_port: getnameinfo NI_NUMERICSERV failed debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8061f9c(0x0) Thanks! Jeff Davis