[Gllug] SSH problem

[Jonathan Dye]

When you connect turn on verbose logging (ssh -vv) and see if anything
useful is shown (such as reason for rejection).

JD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Stewart [mailto:sms at lateral.net]
> Sent: 30 August 2002 11:55
> To: GLLUG mailing list
> Subject: [Gllug] SSH problem
> 
> 
> Here's an interesting one. A friend of mine[1] has trouble connecting
> to an OpenSSH 2.1.1 server with an OpenSSH 3.x client (or Putty, for
> that matter) The login process gets as far as presenting the password
> prompt, and no matter what's typed the connection is then disconnected
> by the server. 
> 
> The logs don't show any usual behaviour, and console logins do
> work. The server has been left running for ages without any upgrades,
> and the only thing that's changed has been that it's been rebooted for
> the first time this year. Prior to that, the same setup worked
> perfectly. Post the reboot: grief. This is all on something that
> alleges to be "Redhat 1.0", but I doubt that's true, somehow.
> 
> So far, the help that I've given has been over the phone, otherwise
> I'd hand out more details. Your suggestions, ladies and gentlemen?
> Anyone else seen this?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon
> 
> [1] Not a hypothetical one!
> 
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