i've been having problems getting sshd to accept *any* incoming connections on a particular SGI indigo IP20. here's what happens: foobar% ssh localhost -v -p1701 SSH Version 1.2.26 [mips-sgi-irix6.5], protocol version 1.5. Compiled with RSAREF. foobar: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config foobar: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 0 anon 0 foobar: Allocated local port 1023. foobar: Connecting to 127.0.0.1 port 1701. foobar: Connection established. foobar: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version 1.2.26 foobar: Waiting for server public key. foobar: Received server public key (768 bits) and host key (1024 bits). foobar: Forcing accepting of host key for localhost. foobar: Host '127.0.0.1' is known and matches the host key. foobar: Initializing random; seed file /home/myname/.ssh/random_seed foobar: IDEA not supported, using 3des instead. foobar: Encryption type: 3des foobar: Sent encrypted session key. Connection closed by remote host. foobar# sshd -d -p1701 debug: sshd version 1.2.26 [mips-sgi-irix6.5] debug: Initializing random number generator; seed file /etc/ssh_random_seed log: Server listening on port 1701. log: Generating 768 bit RSA key. Generating p: ...++ (distance 12) Generating q: ...........++ (distance 246) Computing the keys... Key generation complete. log: RSA key generation complete. debug: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. log: Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 1023 debug: Client protocol version 1.5; client software version 1.2.26 debug: Sent 768 bit public key and 1024 bit host key. debug: Encryption type: 3des fatal: RSAPrivateDecrypt failed debug: Calling cleanup 0x1001e4e4(0x0) ssh-1.2.26 was configured --prefix=/usr/local/ssh-1.2.26 --with-x --with-rsaref --without-idea, and built using MIPSpro C 7.2.1.3m. any suggestions? -- Wayne H. Yin [EMAIL PROTECTED]