Look into /var/log/messages, /var/log/secure for hints. It could be anything under the sun that affects remote connection as well but not necessarily related to ssh. Filippos <div> On 5/17/06, John Garmany <<a href="mailto:garmanyj@proxitec.com">garmanyj@proxitec.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I committed a sin. I want to test FC5 and installed it on a remote server (I was local at the time), tested it and then departed. Not I can not log onto the server using ssh or vnc. Using vnc, I get past the vnc password but the screensaver password (ther user password) simply hangs. With ssh, after a long wait I do get the password prompt, but no response to the password. [xxxxx@svr2 ~]$ ssh <a href="http://192.168.15.39">192.168.15.39</a> <a href="mailto:xxxxx@192.168.15.39">xxxxx@192.168.15.39</a>'s password: Connection closed by <a href="http://192.168.15.39">192.168.15.39</a> I had a local guy reboot the server and everything worked, allowed me run yum -y update. After a few hours, I could not log in again. This is a x86_64 system with dual opterons. Been running for over a year with RHEL. Any ideas what the problem is before I call and have it rebooted again? John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> iD8DBQFEa3D5nzyp9MWcpdwRAnzIAJ0QBbreoNT+SMjTwZwhbBfLVfe5cACfSX0n E820L0yCpryHLCI33HSFFpM= =C/dv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div>