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Re: ssh: localhost: Temporary failure in name resolution



on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 12:36:17AM +0100, Andre Berger (uzscd5@uni-bonn.de) wrote:
> I get "ssh: localhost: Temporary failure in name resolution" with
> 
> ssh_1%3a2.2.0p1-1.1progeny1_i386.deb
> ssh-askpass-gnome_1%3a2.2.0p1-1.1progeny1_i386.deb
> 
> but I can ping localhost, and I can still access other machines with
> ssh. Any ideas? I've just upgraded from potato and its ssh.

Possibly reverse-DNS lookup from the sshd server -- check your logs.  Is
your DNS server (named) running, if you are using local DNS?  I've had
issues with servers failing to restart during/after recent updates, tend
to go through them by hand or script these days.

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