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Date:      Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:24:14 -0700
From:      Kevin Stevens <freebsd@pursued-with.net>
To:        Pota Kalima <hpota@mac.com>
Cc:        "<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Ssh connection
Message-ID:  <BA36931E-0A60-11D9-AABF-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net>
In-Reply-To: <BD737DD7.2F92%hpota@mac.com>
References:  <BD737DD7.2F92%hpota@mac.com>

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On Sep 19, 2004, at 10:17, Pota Kalima wrote:

> On 19/9/04 5:56 pm, "Kevin Stevens" <freebsd@pursued-with.net> wrote:
>>
>> What happens if you try to ssh to the machine from itself?
>>
>> KeS
>>
>
> Tried to ssh to machine itself and got the following:
>
> $ Ssh 192.168.0.5
> The authenticity of host '192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5)' can't be 
> established.
> DSA key fingerprint is 42:98:e3:11:
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? Yes
> Warning: Permanently added '192.168.0.5' (DSA) to the list of known 
> hosts.
>
> [There was a prolonged pause here, I almost rebooted the machine]
>
> Sep 19 18:10:00 localhost sshd[581]: fatal: Timeout before 
> authentification
> for 192.168.0.5
> Connection closed by 192.168.0.5

Well, there you go.  Better get it working locally before worrying 
about connecting from other machines - at least it's easier to 
troubleshoot that way.  You can start adding -v's to your session 
command to get more details.

KeS



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