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Re: connecting to my box




Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:

> Okay, I don't know how this has to do with my dns config (which were
> screwy anyway).. so I went ahead and setup my dns server like it should be
> (as a slave nameserver) and it works fine. I am able to connect to the
> 'outside' from it, but not to it.
>
> I also had a look at my /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files. My
> hosts.deny was all commented out (i remember doing this much earlier when
> I first installed Debian) and hosts.allow only has this line:
>
> ALL:ALL:
>

remove the latest ":" and it will work ...
-> ALL: ALL

>
> When I tried to ssh with the -v option, here is what I get:
>
> elzubeir@empire:/etc$ ssh -v localhost
> SSH Version OpenSSH-1.2.3, protocol version 1.5.
> Compiled with SSL.
> debug: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> debug: Applying options for localhost
> debug: Applying options for *
> debug: ssh_connect: getuid 1003 geteuid 1003 anon 1
> debug: Connecting to empire [127.0.0.1] port 22.
> debug: Connection established.
> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
> debug: Calling cleanup 0x8056830(0x0)
>
> ---
> I hope this helps help me ;)
>
> Mohammed Elzubeir
>
> General Access Labs (x2825)
> http://www.cas.unt.edu/gal/
> College of Arts & Sciences
> University of North Texas
> [elzubeir@fakkir.net]
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, John Galt wrote:
>
> >
> > galt@locutus:~$ssh localhost
> > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
> >
> > SUUUURE it's a problem in his DNS configuration....
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> >
> > >Mohammed,
> > >
> > >Check /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. It looks like tcpd is refusing
> > >the connection. The problem may also be caused by improper DNS entries for
> > >the machine you're trying to connect from.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Alex.
> > >
> > >---
> > >PGP/GPG Fingerprint:
> > >  EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367  AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9
> > >
> > >-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> > >Version: 3.12
> > >GCS/CM>CC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++(++++)>$ UL++++>$ P--- L++>++$ E+ W+(-) N+ o? K? w---()
> > >!O !M !V PS+(++)>+ PE-(--) Y+>+ PGP t+>++ !5 X-- R>++ tv(+) b+(++) DI(+) D++
> > >G>+++ e--> h! !r y>+++
> > >------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
> > >
> > >On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, I should add the actual message (I wasn't on the machine at the
> > >> time):
> > >>
> > >> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
> > >>
> > >> Mohammed Elzubeir
> > >>
> > >> General Access Labs (x2825)
> > >> http://www.cas.unt.edu/gal/
> > >> College of Arts & Sciences
> > >> University of North Texas
> > >> [elzubeir@fakkir.net]
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > I am new to Debian so please excuse my ignorance. I installed Debian after
> > >> > so much struggle, and I turned off a few services and left some like sshd
> > >> > running. When trying to ssh to my box it tells me somethng about the
> > >> > authentication failing.
> > >> >
> > >> > I know I might be writing the wrong list, but I guess ssh may be security
> > >> > related ;) Please help, or else this whole Linux partition would be
> > >> > useless to me if I can't connect to it from work.. I don't understand why
> > >> > it can't be like FreeBSD.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks
> > >> >
> > >> > Mohammed Elzubeir
> > >> >
> > >> > General Access Labs (x2825)
> > >> > http://www.cas.unt.edu/gal/
> > >> > College of Arts & Sciences
> > >> > University of North Texas
> > >> > [elzubeir@fakkir.net]
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
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> >
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