fear and loathing in ssh-land

[Bill Warren]

I had this problem with a new install of Mandrake Linux on an x86 box, 
so maybe it will help.  Try following syntax for /etc/hosts.allow:

sshd : ALL at ALL : ALLOW

good luck,
Bill


> From: greg <pressman57 at cox.net>
> Date: February 6, 2005 1:24:59 PM EST
> To: yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: fear and loathing in ssh-land
> Reply-To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List 
> <yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
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>
> Hi all. I'm having a problem getting any kind of
> connectivity between a PC running Mandrake 10.1
> and a PPC running YDL2.3 through a Linksys router.
>
> I installed sshd, wu-ftp and webmin on the Mac and
> have sucessfully started the services on the correct
> ports, I think:
>
> <snip>
>
> But when I try to either ssh or ftp into the Mac from the PC
> I get an error saying the connection was refused. According to
> webmin I have no firewall configured, and have tried stopping
> iptables to no avail. Nothing unusual has showed up in
> /var/log/messages that I can see. I had the server installation
> of YDL2.2 running on the same machine (before the hard-drive
> crapped out) and ssh worked, so I don't think it's a hardware
> issue. One suggestion I found suggested adding the line
> sshd:ALL to /etc/hosts.allow but that didn't work either.
>
> I really have searched the lists on this one and can't find
> any solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Greg Richardson
>
>
>
>
>
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