ssh client disconnect error
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Mon Jul 21 13:51:00 GMT 2008
On Jul 21 10:45, luciop wrote:
> luciop <lucio_piccoli <at> hotmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > hi all
> >
> > i cant connect to my local sshd using vista home.
> > after numerous attempts to install (10) i have read every posting on this issue
> > but still my problem persisted.
> > i have my mcfee fiewall turned off.
> >
> > the error
> > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host is produced.
>
> after checking the windows event log the following error is reported
>
> sshd: PID 5176: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 11: host name/address mismatch:
> 127.0.0.1 != lucio-PC
>
>
> why is the windows machine name being passed through instead of local host?
>
> when i used
>
> $ssh -vvv lucio-PC
>
> works fine.
>
> why have i done to not make localhost work?
Looks like a DNS problem. Do you have a 127.0.0.1 <-> localhost mapping
in your $SYSTEMROOT/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file? Does forward and
reverse lookup for localhost and 127.0.0.1 work outside of sshd?
Corinna
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