On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Steven Boothe wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone. I am having a bit of trouble getting openssh to accept
> > connections. Can anyone help by either direct comment or either pointing
> > me where to look for additional information? So far I have installed sshd
> > on other RedHat machines without issues. But since I have began using
> > LM7.1 I - have been running into this error message:
> >
> > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host"
> >
> > Things I have done so far include:
> >
> > - checked /etc/inetd.conf for appropriate uncommented entries for sshd
> > - checked /etc/hosts.deny to ensure proper clearance for my hosts
> > - checked /etc/ssh/sshd_config for appropiate entry in the
> > "ListenAddress" - field.
>
> This exact problem bit me big time a while back. If hosts.allow or
> hosts.deny exists, add to hosts.allow:
>
> sshd : ALL
>
> You need this even of you are not running sshd from inetd.
First, thank you to all who read and replied. I was doing quite well due to
this last great tip. However, as soon as I changed the "ListenAddress" value
to work for a different internal network, everything went back to broken
again???
This is very strange.
Now I can't even seem to reverse the issue. When I now attempt to connect I
get a "Secure connection to <network addr> refused"???
I have checked:
- /etc/hosts.allow ALL:ALL
- /etc/hosts.deny #ALL:ALL
- /etc/ssh/sshd_config ListenAddress: <network addr>
Is there anything I am missing?
I haven't setup ipchains with any rules either... I just can't figure what
the problem could be? (I've never had any of this trouble with Redhat 6.2,
though admittedly because Redhat comes out of box much less secure... )
Steven
