From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 12 6:24:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46ACF37B400 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:24:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (host217-39-147-254.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.39.147.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EF243E65 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:24:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17pTxc-0007iK-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:24:44 +0100 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:24:44 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh problems Message-ID: <20020912132443.GA28699@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <000501c25a5b$44c54d20$3164a8c0@number6.loop.bpa.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000501c25a5b$44c54d20$3164a8c0@number6.loop.bpa.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan *17pTxc-0007iK-00*OiX1iggwUAk* (SlightlyStrange.org, Using NOD32 http://www.nod32.com) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:52:34PM +1000, Rob B wrote: > These two machines are on a private LAN. Going from one to the other works > fine, but not the other way round. > > doormat:~$ 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 -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message