ssh

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Mark Panen wrote:
>
>> I am trying to ssh into a Mandrake box and get this error
>> "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host"
>>
>> My firewall settings seem to be right.
>
>
> Does the Mandrake box have a hosts.allow/hosts.deny setting that would 
> prevent the connection?
>
> Paul.
>
It couldn't be a firewall issue since the error message doesn't state 
port 22... maybe your IP is in the hosts.deny file, as Pauls suggest?