On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 12:46 +0900, jam wrote: > Hi > > Somewhere on the internet is my father-in-law > > Using a fresh install of Gutsy, and having apt-get install openssh-server he > tunnels to me > > ssh -R 1200:localhost:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I then go back the tunnel to his machine > > ssh -p 1200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > and get the dreaded > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > Now the interesting bits: > If he does this with a SuSE10 machine everything works > > If I do it on another fresh-gutsy somewhere else on the > internet it works
There is a moral here :-) Despite all protestations of 'I did etc' he did NOT complete the apt-get install openssh-server bit. Who knows wtf he did do :-), but on skype he did say OK all well So after installing openssh-server everything works as expected. Thanks and apologies to all James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
