Re: ssh: localhost: Temporary failure in name resolution
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
> 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.
>
> --
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
> Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org
> What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
> http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
It's a dial-up machine, DNS assigned for each PPP connection. As soon
as I am connected to my ISP, everything works. Which logs am I
supposed to check? /var/log/{auth.log,messages,syslog} don't tell
much, just that key generation was successful.
Andre
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