Thanks for the quick reply Cory.
Am unable to ssh or telnet in as root (expected in telnet) or as
a valid user. It's frustrating!
Woody
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Cory Petkovsek wrote:
> Are you trying to log in as root, remotely? How about a regular user, then
> su to root?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Staley Mims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 12:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [EUG-LUG:162] Can't SSH or telnet
>
>
> Hi all--
>
> Experiencing a problem with a RedHat - 6.2 machine
>
> I cannot SSH into the machine from outside using OpenSSH-2.3.0p1
> When I try, it asks for user password, yet won't accept the pw. I
> have even reset the password, still no success.
>
> As remote access is critical on this machine, I have also attempted
> to telnet to this machine. I get "connection closed by foreign host"
>
> I have checked /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf. Both are configured
> properly. I double checked this against a machine that is working
> properly. My hosts.deny contains "ALL EXCEPTin.telnetd:ALL"
>
> Any ideas out there?
>
> Woody
>
