Re: [Fwbuilder-discussion] ssh problems

[<va...@vk...>]

On Mar 20, 2006, at 11:03 PM, Claude Jones wrote:

> On Tue March 21 2006 1:44 am, Vadim Kurland =E2=9C=8D wrote:
>> On Mar 20, 2006, at 9:46 PM, Claude Jones wrote:
>>> Copying /home/cj/bin/fwbuilder/bastion.fw -> 192.168.2.1:/etc/=20
>>> bastion
>>> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
>>> SSH session terminated, exit status: -1
>>> ERROR: Terminating install sequence
>>>
>>> When trying to install, I get the above, on two different machines,
>>> one at
>>> work, and one at home. The distro is FC4, fully patched up. Just
>>> wondering if
>>> any other FC4 users are seeing this. I can "ssh localhost" from a
>>> prompt, and
>>> connect, by the way.
>>
>> Can you ssh 192.168.2.1 and log in ?
>>
>> what version of fwbuilder you are getting this with ? A bug with
>> similar symptoms was fixed in one of the recent versions (I believe
>> 2.0.8 or 2.0.9)
>>
>
> Vadim: This is not a fwbuilder problem. I only asked about it here =20
> because I
> know you have some folks on the list that are real knowledgeable about
> security issues, like you ;-) Why do I know it wasn't fwb? I =20
> discovered the
> problem on my home machine since I posted. Turns out that my =20
> denyhosts daemon
> had added my LAN NIC address 192.168.2.1 to hosts.deny - now, why that
> occurred, I'm not sure, but removing it from the list straightened =20
> things
> out. I'll have to check this on my office box in the morning, to =20
> see if the
> cause was the same. It was such coincidence that both boxes started =20=

> producing
> the same errors at the same time, that I was just throwing trial =20
> balloons
> out, to see in anyone else had encountered the issue.


Thanks for the update, I need to keep this in mind in case someone =20
else comes across this symptom

thanks
--vk