Hello Nathan Poznick (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> Thus spake Micha Feigin: >> When I try to connect to sshd on my computer from either outside, or >> localhost I get the following error: >> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host >> How do I solve this? > > Check in /etc/hosts.deny ...do you have > ALL: PARANOID > uncommented? If you do, and your machine does not reverse-resolve to > the same name (i.e., foo.bar.com returns 10.3.5.7, but a lookup on > 10.3.5.7 returns bar.foobar.com), then I believe sshd will exhibit > behavior similar to what you're seeing. Denying ssh access in /etc/hosts.deny will have the same effect. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]