On 07/08/11 02:09, Adalbert Prokop wrote: > Am 31.07.2011 21:36, schrieb Bob Goodwin: > > Hi Bob! > >> I can ssh from box6 to box9 but not from box9 to box6. Either one >> will ping the other, stopping the fire wall does not have any effect. > - Is ssh on box6 running? (# service sshd status) > - On which port? (look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config) > - To which host:port are you connecting using ssh from box9 to box6? > (box9# ssh -v box6) > - Does the ssh daemon receive the connection on box6? (monitor logs > in (/var/log/messages) > - Does the firewall on box6 allow SSH connections? > (iptables -L -n -v INPUT) > - Who resolves box6 into an IP number, i.e. who is the DNS server? Does > the connection work if you use IPs instead of names directly? > Adalbert: I just began checking as you suggest only to find that ssh is working normally this morning! It did not work when I needed it and as a result I lost all my Thunderbird mail files attempting to work around the problem. Result much inconvenience and extra work! However here we are a week later and it's working as it should? I even tried different ethernet cables, different ports on the ethernet switch, everything I could think of to no avail ... Thank you for delineating a test procedure. I have copied it into my Linux notes and will do as you suggest if/when the problem reoccurs. Thank you. Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines