I have occasionally seen the following messages (as brought to my attention by logcheck): Nov 29 01:31:38 phoenix sshd[22207]: error: channel 1: chan_shutdown_read: shutdown() failed for fd9 [i1 o16]: Transport endpoint is not connected I am running Debian woody on this system with kernel-2.2.17. Version of ssh is: ii ssh 2.2.0p1-1.1 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH) What does this message mean ? -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com