X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: luciop Subject: Re: ssh client disconnect error Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com luciop 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? -lucio -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/