[lug] ssh problem

[Kevin Fenzi]

>>>>> "Ferdinand" == Ferdinand Schmid <fschmid at archenergy.com> writes:

Ferdinand> HI, I am experiencing a strange ssh problem with one of my
Ferdinand> systems: I can't ssh into it anymore.

Ferdinand> On the client side I get the log as listed below, the sshd
Ferdinand> server stops its log with: "debug1: waiting for
Ferdinand> ssh2_msg_newkeys \n closed".

Ferdinand> I don't see any firewall denys on either side.

Ferdinand> Any ideas about what may be going wrong are appreciated.

anything else in messages? running out of filedescriptors or the like?

also might check the /etc/pam.d/sshd file and make sure that looks
ok. 

also might try running the sshd with debug on a diffrent port...
ie, 

sshd -p 8838 -d

then try and connect via ssh -p 8838 

Ferdinand> Thanks, Ferdinand

kevin