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Subject: Re: ssh autehntication question
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 08:59:46 -0700
Philip Wege <philip@xms.co.za> wrote:

> Configured sshd for publickeyauth,port 22 and protocol 2 connections.
> 
> When ever a ssh connection is attempted it says : fatal : timeout
> before authentication. Server on local network.
> 
> sshd pid is running also.

your firewall-settings do allow port 22 traffic ?
which ssh-client are you using ?
does /var/log/auth.log on the server give any more info ?
what gives "ssh -vv your_server" from a client in the network ?