Re: ssh woes!?...

[Alson van der Meulen <alsonm@linuxfreak.com>]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 04:49:56PM +0000, Max Lock wrote:
> 
>  Hi folks,
> 
>  I've got a weird ssh problem. I'm running 2.2r0 and when I ssh as root
> to another 2.2r0 system, I get as far as debug: Allocated local port 607
> with the -v option, and it then hangs and timesout?
> 
>  But the kicker is if I ssh as a non-root user, it works!? I've copied
> the known_hosts file etc and set it's perms, but with no luck.
> 
>  Anyone got any ideas or hit this one before? no answers on Deja.
does it use a privileged port? try the -P switch of ssh, and the
UsePrivilegedPort option in ssh_config

possibly some firewall blocks <1024 stuff, it's imho usually better
not to use privileged ports if not required.

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