From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 20 18:01:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D69106564A for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:01:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout023.mac.com (asmtpout023.mac.com [17.148.16.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 566438FC1C for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:01:04 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp023.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LN300AIBONHMX50@asmtp023.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:00:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-06-20_05:2011-06-20, 2011-06-20, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1106200160 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <4DFF7DBF.4030504@msen.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:00:37 -0700 Message-id: <6F6E7BB1-96ED-4A0A-9EB9-475A6FF19536@mac.com> References: <4DFF7DBF.4030504@msen.com> To: Mark Moellering , "Michael W. Lucas" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: FreeBSD - Subject: Re: (email) server connection problem : Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:01:04 -0000 On Jun 20, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Mark Moellering wrote: > I cannot log into the server via either ssl for email or ssh on the two domains that are .org and .info > The connection is refused. Here is an example copied from a console; > > shell$ ssh -l LoginName mail.anadarkohs60.com > The authenticity of host 'mail.domain_4.com(xx.yy.zzb.174)' can't be established. > DSA key fingerprint is {snip} > Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no > Host key verification failed. By telling it no here, you've instructed SSH to treat the host key as invalid; the connection will be closed. > shell$ ssh -l LoginName mail.domain_3.org > ssh: connect to host mail.domain_3.org port 22: Connection refused > shell$ There's no such domain as mail.domain_3.org in the public DNS. Presumably you've changed this information; all I can conclude is that whichever IP address the actual name resolves to isn't running SSH (or it's not listening on that particular IP, or a firewall is blocking it, etc). Regards, -- -Chuck