ssh problem

[Janina Sajka]

No problem. I only knew that answer because I've tripped over the same 
thing a few times.

On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Thanks Janina, that's the correct explanation all right.
> How dumb of me to not think about the changes I've made to my system recently!
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 04:24:28PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Hi, Greg:
> > 
> > Check your /etc/hosts.allow and your /etc/hosts.deny.
> > 
> > Hosts.allow is processed first, and a match there will proceed to login.
> > If there is no specification in hosts.allow, and hosts.deny is set to deny
> > all, you have your explanation. 
> > 
> > Of course, there can certainly be other explanations! <grin>
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I have sshd running on my machine , and ssh connections are allowed by my firewall.
> > > However, when I try to login via ssh from a remote host as any valid user on my machine, I get the following message.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > What exactly is causing this, and how do I fix it?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Greg
> > > 
> > > 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org