On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:17:53PM -0800, Tyson Varosyan wrote: > Per previous thread where I was asking about options for running an SSH > server on my box, I ran apt-get install ssh. I was asked a few simple > questions and chose support for SSH 1 & 2 and selected Yes for the use of > some encryption key protocol. After the install, my box, which was working > perfectly and took hours to set up is now totally hosed!! > Don't use version 1 unless you really have SSH v.1 around. SSH2 only would be a whole lot better in security terms. dpkg-reconfigure ssh to change the setting should do it.
> I have 2 connections on the computer. Internet going through ppp0 and > Ethernet connecting the box to the LAN. For whatever reason, my box always > treated my 1492 port as Eth0 (which was not used) and my NIC as Eth1. For no > apparent reason, after the install of SSH, my NIC is now detected by the > system as Eth0 - but that is not the end of my problems... > See various threads on this: you are not the only one with eth0/eth1 changes - it is possible to force an interface to an eth mapping. This is possibly a udev issue? > My ppp0 connection connects and dials up without issue. However, for > whatever reason, it is no longer pingable from the outside. I can ping out, > but services behind the box can no longer be reached! In addition to installing SSH, did you install anything else or do an apt-get update which brought in a whole load of packages? As someone else said: which version: testing/Etch or unstable/Sid? If running unstable/Sid - did it pull in avahi or zeroconf? > > I am about to pull my hair out!! At this point I am willing to just get rid > of SSH so I ran apt-get remove SSH, but my system did not go back to > pre-installation condition. Is there any way to UNINSTALL SSH and have my > box back the way it was?! > apt-get remove <packagename> ; dpkg -P <packagename> will remove and purge configuration files for any <packagename> > Tyson Varosyan > Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.up-times.com > 206-715-TECH (8324) > > UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
