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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:24:44 +0100
From:      Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh problems
Message-ID:  <20020912132443.GA28699@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <000501c25a5b$44c54d20$3164a8c0@number6.loop.bpa.nu>
References:  <000501c25a5b$44c54d20$3164a8c0@number6.loop.bpa.nu>

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:52:34PM +1000, Rob B wrote:
> These two machines are on a private LAN.  Going from one to the other works
> fine, but not the other way round.
> 
> doormat:~$ ssh erwin
> Password:
> Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> 
> FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE (ERWIN) #5: Thu Sep 12 21:35:42 EST 2002
> 
> Welcome to FreeBSD!
> 
> 
> erwin:~$ ssh doormat
> The authenticity of host 'doormat (192.168.100.1)' can't be established.
> DSA key fingerprint is c9:5d:b6:f5:d6:ab:6a:58:75:5f:d9:a7:c1:6f:be:00.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> Warning: Permanently added 'doormat' (DSA) to the list of known hosts.
> key_verify failed for server_host_key
> 
> and here it dies.  I can, however, connect to both machines from my windows
> box via PuTTY.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Try running ssh with the flags "-v -v" to get more verbose diagnostics.
You may well see what is failing, where, when and why.

Just as a thought, though, is doormat's server_host_key in the right place,
with the correct permissions?

Dan

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