Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:26:31 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: ml@my.gd, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot ssh into a box with DHCP assigned IP address Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1302200824340.14639@nber6> In-Reply-To: <201302200945.r1K9jpq7029535@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201302200945.r1K9jpq7029535@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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> From: Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> > To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk > Subject: Re: cannot ssh into a box with DHCP assigned IP address > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:31:22 +0100 > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > > > I have a laptop with FreeBSD -current, > > with ip address assigned via DHCP. > > The laptop has neither a static ip address, > > nor a domain. > > > > I can ping the laptop fine, but cannot > > ssh into it. The sshd is running, /etc/ssh/ssd_config > > seems fine, /etc/hosts.allow is fine. > > However, /etc/hosts is just the default: While on the problem machine, can you ssh to localhost? ssh to the IP address? I would suspect the problem is in /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny, or perhaps the subnet mask is incorrect. The lack of a domain should not be a problem. daniel feenberg
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