kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
> on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:41:05AM +0100, Andre Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
> >
> > > on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 12:36:17AM +0100, Andre Berger ([EMAIL
> > > PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > > I get "ssh: localhost: Temporary failure in name resolution" with
> > > >
> > > > ssh_1%3a2.2.0p1-1.1progeny1_i386.deb
> > > > ssh-askpass-gnome_1%3a2.2.0p1-1.1progeny1_i386.deb
> > > >
> > > > but I can ping localhost, and I can still access other machines with
> > > > ssh. Any ideas? I've just upgraded from potato and its ssh.
> > >
> > > Possibly reverse-DNS lookup from the sshd server -- check your logs. Is
> > > your DNS server (named) running, if you are using local DNS? I've had
> > > issues with servers failing to restart during/after recent updates, tend
> > > to go through them by hand or script these days.
> Shit, I don't know, I just roll into /var/logs, do an 'ls -t | head
> -<number>' to see what's reporting current activity, and grep for the
> daemon I'm looking for. Usually /var/log/daemon.
>
> You're looking for any sshd refused connect errors. If you're not
> seeing these messages, you're not even getting there.
>
> Other thing to try is 'ssh -v host' -- this will give verbose output on
> the status of the connection, allowing you to troubleshoot from the
> client end.
I found nothing in any log or additional information with 'ssh -v',
but I found a work-around. I added
Host localhost
HostName 127.0.0.1
to /etc/ssh/ssh_config, and 'ssh localhost' now gives
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password:" and access.
But still I don't understand what's wrong.
--
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
