SSH in redhat 7.2

etfetius · 03-18-2002, 09:11 AM

Hello,
Im trying to log in with SSH to several places. It keeps asking the question it should only ask once.
"the authenticyty of the host cant be established"
I press the Y and it should ask for the password after that, but no it asks the same question over and over again even if I would write N. I have to quit the program with ctrl + c.
I wonder could the problem be the redhat ipchains default firewall with medium setting.

Any ideas?

etfetius · 03-18-2002, 09:26 AM

It doesnt say the normal: Warning: adding xxxx to hostlist or something similar. It whines that cant find the hostname in every ssh server I try.

unSpawn · 03-18-2002, 11:48 AM

If your firewall is blocking, you shouldn't be able to connect I think. Anyway, you could add a logging directive if you want to be sure.

For some reason ssh doesn't find it's having external methods verifying the host you want to login to is actually that host. You could try bumping up the amount of logging with the "LogLevel" directive in your ssh config and post the contents here.

d3funct · 03-18-2002, 11:58 AM

I'm using "OpenSSH_3.0.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0" and when I get that message I have to type "yes" or "no" not just Y or N. Have you tried typing the entire word?

etfetius · 03-18-2002, 03:30 PM

hehe. the only problem was that I typed y not yes... I cant believe I was so dum

Thank you very much of the help. problem solved.