On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Praedor Tempus wrote: > I have sshd running on my home system (mandrake 7.1) > and can connect to it from work. I am connected > as I write this. > > I am having a problem. I connected from work and > wanted to ftp from my home box to site to download > files to my home box. I can get into my home > system but I cannot get out. If I run "ping <IP>" > I get nothing. If I try to ftp to some site, > nothing happens. Looking at my /var/log/messages > I see (altered to protect the innocent): > > Oct 24 10:09:26 localhost sshd[2144]: Could not reverse map address > 155.*.*.*. This means that sshd was unable to get a reverse lookup on an address that was connecting via ssh. Without knowing the address thisis a littel ard to diagnose but it has nothing to do with being unable to ping. > This is from my ping attempt. Is this inability to get > out from my home box via ANY method an sshd configuration > problem or is it an ISP problem? I cannot even ping > the address from which I am connected to my home box...I > get a similar message as above in the log about not being > able to reverse map my address. ssh will not prevent you from getting out. Did you recently install pmfirewall? -- --Stephen Carville Network Engineer 714-952-5687 =============================================================== The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. ===============================================================
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