Stephen Carville wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Praedor Tempus wrote: > > > I have sshd running on my home system (mandrake 7.1) > > and can connect to it from work. I am connected > > as I write this. > > > > I am having a problem. I connected from work and > > wanted to ftp from my home box to site to download > > files to my home box. I can get into my home > > system but I cannot get out. If I run "ping <IP>" > > I get nothing. If I try to ftp to some site, > > nothing happens. Looking at my /var/log/messages > > I see (altered to protect the innocent): > > > > Oct 24 10:09:26 localhost sshd[2144]: Could not reverse map address > > 155.*.*.*. > > This means that sshd was unable to get a reverse lookup on an address that > was connecting via ssh. Without knowing the address thisis a littel ard > to diagnose but it has nothing to do with being unable to ping. It could do. If you can't ping your dns, you won't be able to reverse-lookup. Maybe your gateway is not set correctly ? > > ssh will not prevent you from getting out. > > Did you recently install pmfirewall? > > -- > --Stephen Carville > Network Engineer > 714-952-5687 > =============================================================== > The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized > society. > =============================================================== > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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