[Fedora] Re: SSH help

[STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT)]

> Andy Green wrote:
> >> debug1: identity file /home/lyle/.ssh/identity type -1
> >>     
> >
> > Is he trying to authenticate using keys?  Get him to check him
> >
> > ~/.ssh
> > ~/.ssh/*
> >
> > permissions: should be owner and group as his user, and 
> permission 600.
> >   
>     Well, on my server he doesn't have an .ssh folder at all. 
>  Should he 
> be looking for this on his end?
> 
Have you found anything useful in /var/log/secure.
Any attempts which are blocked by /etc/hosts.allow or deny should
show up here.  If he he is blocked and does not show up in the
log (have him test while you are running tail -f /var/log/secure),
they he is getting stopped before he gets to the machine.  Maybe,
iptables or a firewall.

Bob Styma