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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- 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
