Re: Can't connect

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/23/03

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    Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:09:01 -0400

    "Adrian Parker" <no@addy.com> wrote in message
    news:NSHlb.6233$7t3.255459@news20.bellglobal.com...
    > Hi. We have a Red Hat 9 machine with OpenSSH daemon. Local attempts to
    > connect work ok. Remote connections constantly fail (see error below).
    The
    > /etc/hosts.deny in question is empty. The machine is behind a router, but
    > it's forwarding port 22 to the Red Hat box.
    >
    > Any thoughts?
    >
    >
    > jedi@Liz:~$ ssh -vvv -l padawan tuxinator.homelinux.com
    > OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-9, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL
    > 0x0090703f
    > debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
    > trusted.
    > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
    > debug1: Connecting to tuxinator.homelinux.com [67.69.114.68] port 22.
    > debug1: Connection established.
    > debug1: identity file /home/jedi/.ssh/identity type -1
    > debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /home/jedi/.ssh/id_rsa.
    > debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'
    > debug3: key_read: missing keytype
    > debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'Proc-Type:'
    > debug3: key_read: missing keytype
    > debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'DEK-Info:'

    What in the?

    Move *aside* those keys, then try ssh-ing in with password authentication. I
    suspect that you did some sort of FTP or other file transfer to nab these
    keys that corrupted the key file.

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