From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 26 15: 7:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com (cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com [24.13.23.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 001B737B419 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:07:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (bri@localhost) by cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f8QM7U765699; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:07:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:07:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen X-X-Sender: To: Conrad Sabatier Cc: Subject: Re: Local sshd not accepting connections In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010926150720.B65459-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Try this.. http://www.snailbook.com/faq/libwrap-oops.auto.html Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > I recently helped a friend setup a 4.4-STABLE box. I can use ssh to connect to > his machine with no problems, but if I connect to his box and try to connect > back to my own machine via ssh, I get the following message: > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > His machine is on a local subnet behind a router. His setup looks like this: > > BSD box -- IP address 192.168.1.100 > | > | > --> router -- gateway address 192.168.1.1 > external address x.x.x.x > | > | > --> to outside world > > > Could this be contributing to the problem? Also, the hostname he set on the > box doesn't correspond to any externally resolvable address. On top of that, > his router's external address is obtained from his ISP using DHCP, and changes > quite often. > > Any clues as to where the problem may be would be greatly appreciated. > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Conrad Sabatier > Date: 26-Sep-2001 > Time: 16:31:19 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message