OK I got it.
by looking in my system logs, I saw the following:
Dec 23 22:41:36 <myhost> sshd2[4751]: connection from "2.2.2.2"
Dec 23 22:41:37 <myhost> sshd2[4753]: DNS lookup failed for "2.2.2.2".
Dec 23 22:41:41 <myhost> sshd2[4753]: Connection from 2.2.2.2 denied.
Authentication as user <username> was attempted.
Dec 23 22:41:41 <myhost> sshd2[4753]: Remote host disconnected: No
further authentication methods available.
Dec 23 22:41:41 <myhost> sshd2[4753]: User authentication failed: 'No
further authentication methods available.'
This appears to be caused by a reverse lookup problem which I fixed
by running routed on my firewall.
This might be a good candidate for the FAQ.
Blair.
>From: Blair Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: ssh 2.0.13 authentication problem.
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>I am having the same problem with ssh-2.0.13 on RedHat 6.1.
>
>I DID do the -l stuff, and it did not make a difference.
>
>What is more peculiar is that I had it working, and then after an
>upgrade, and turning on and off some services, it stopped working.
>
>Has anyone else had this problem (or know a solution).
>
>Thanks,
>Blair.
>
>>I got this error when I used ssh to log into a machine on which I
>>had an account with a different user name. By default, ssh
>>trys to use your local username.
>>
>>The solution was just: $ ssh remote_machine -l remote_username
>>
>>-Jonathan
>>
>>Frank Derichsweiler wrote:
>>
>>> Phillip George Geiger wrote:
>>> >
>>> > ...
>>> >
>>> > $ ssh 222.222.222.222
>>> >
>>> > Disconnected; authentication error (No further authentication
>>>methods available.).
>>> >
>>> > ... where 222.222.222.222 is the IP address of the server.
>>> >
>>> Have just started the sshd demon process?
>>>
>>> Frank
>>
>>--
>>
>>-Jonathan
>
>--- end forwarded text
>
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