On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Stephen John Smoogen <smo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vuko...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am having intermittent trouble logging into a remote linux machine >> depending on the machine from which I am trying to log from. I am >> logging in from windows XP machines with cygwin and cygwin's ssh. >> >> - If I try to log in from my windows desktop to the rhel5 that sits >> next to it, things work >> - If I try to log in from my windows laptop from home, to the rhel5, I >> get `Permission denied, please try again' >> - If I first log into my windows desktop from my laptop, I can then >> log into the rhel5 from my desktop. >> >> It seems to me that the rhel5 is refusing the connection from my >> laptop because of the type of network connection or latency (pinging >> from laptop to rhel5 is 200-300 msec and from windows desktop to rhel5 >> is < 5 msec), or some other such issue. But does that make sense? > > Hmmm I don't know of any rule.. or at least I have not been bitten by > it I regularly use ssh for long distance laggy connections. > > The error doesn't sound like one RHEL-5 would send back so I am not > sure what is causing that. The main things that would be stopping it > are: > 1) Company firewall.
I am accessing this while logged into the company network -- I can see machines, etc. > 2) IPtables only allowing local network connections I guess I will have to read the docs on that. > 3) tcp_wrappers only allowing local network connections Same as 3) > 4) some routing issue... where outside of the network you aren't > really getting to your desktop. > >> The frustrating thing is that a few months ago (when I last attempted >> this) I was able to log in remotely from my laptop, even from across >> the pacific. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mirko >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rhelv5-list mailing list >> rhelv5-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list >> > > > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux > How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed > in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
