[Gllug] ssh daemon problem

[Andy McGarty]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:26:03 +0100, Adrian McMenamin  
<adrian at newgolddream.dyndns.info> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 12:18 +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:45:13AM +0100, Adrian wrote:
>> > I have a managed server (Debian64) with which I am having some  
>> problems with.
>> >
>> > The server runs ftp, sendmail, httpd and (supposedly) sshd. But the  
>> sshd
>> > seems to have stopped working.
>> >
>> > When I boot it up in rescue mode I can see no reason for the failure
>> > (nothing in the logs) - though the only thing I can think of is that I
>> > added a line in /etc/hosts
>>
>> So take it out and see if that fixes it.
>
>
> No. it doesn't. Webmin works and I've been able to remove and reinstall
> the ssh daemon and that doesn't fix it either.
>
> If i use webmin to restart the daemon it tells me it has started running
> but it must die instantly, though sadly seems to leave no trace in the
> logs.
>
> Webmin means I can do (almost) everything I need but it is very
> frustrating not to have a proper CLI.
>
> Anyone else seem similar behaviour or have any sort of other clue?
>
> Thanks
>
You haven't added an AllowUsers line in your sshdconfig and made a  
spelling mistake?

Just a thought.

Final risky idea, can you enable telnet for a few minutes so you can at  
least get in?

Andy

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