I asked: > I have a question concerning OpenSsh 3.0.2 and 3.1 (p1) on Solaris 7 and > Solaris 8 servers. I am able to connect from machine A to machine B, > but not from machine B back to A. This occurs on only a handful of > machines, and I have not detected any pattern as for as OS level or > OpenSsh version. On all machines the /etc/ssh_config file these entries > are changed from the default: > > ForwardAgent no > ForwardX11 no > UsePrivilegedPort yes > StrictHostKeyChecking no > > and the etc/sshd_config these entries are changed from the default: > > IgnoreRhosts no > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > PrintMotd no > > the error message when I try to connect is > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > any ideas what else to check? TIA and I will summarize of course. The answer: <dolt slap> the /etc/hosts.allow file of course. These new boxes are on a new network and I had forgotten to update my hosts.allow file. Thanks to: the millions of people who graciously pointed out the obvious to me. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Christopher L. Barnard O When I was a boy I was told that | | cbarnard@tsg.cbot.com / \ anybody could become president. | | (312) 347-4901 O---O Now I'm beginning to believe it. | | http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/~cbarnard --Clarence Darrow | +----------PGP public key available via finger or PGP keyserver---------+ _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Thu May 9 13:29:43 2002
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