-----Original Message----- From: J.Bakshi [mailto:bakshi12@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:32 PM To: Kurt Bechstein Subject: Re: Debian SSH problem On Thursday 18 Sep 2008 12:36:03 am you wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: listbounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:listbounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of J.Bakshi Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:14 PM > To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Debian SSH problem > > Dear list, > > I am managing 3 remote server all based on suse. 2 based on suse 10.2 and > the one is based on suse 11.0. SSH are running on those server with out > any problem. I have recently installed debian lenny in my home server. The > openssh version of lenny is > > OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-2, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 > > Now if I try to connect that home server I am getting as below > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > joy@debian:~$ ssh shiva.selfip.org -v > OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-2, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > debug1: Applying options for * > debug1: Connecting to shiva.selfip.org [203.171.240.55] port 22. > debug1: Connection established. > debug1: identity file /home/joy/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 > debug1: identity file /home/joy/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > That is normally indicative of tcp wrappers doing their thing. On the box > you are trying to connect to I would check your /etc/hosts.allow and > /etc/hosts.deny as those are probably your culprits. both the files are empty. Only other thing I could suggest then is to get into the systems you are trying to ssh into and have a look at the log files. Those should tell you why you are being blocked.