[ale] what am I missing

[Geoffrey]

Matt Rideout wrote:
> 
> Geoffrey wrote, On 10/26/2009 03:13 PM:
>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>   
>>> run ssh -v to get more data fromthe ssh client end.
>>>     
>> Yeah, tried that, wasn't much help:
>>
>> ssh  -v 192.168.1.72
>> OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
>> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>> debug1: Applying options for *
>> debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.72 [192.168.1.72] port 22.
>> debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.72 port 22: Connection timed out
>> ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.72 port 22: Connection timed out
>>
>>   
>>> On laptop check var/log/secure
>>>     
>> There's a /var/log/security.log, no help there.  There's also a 
>> /var/log/security/ directory.  No help there either.
>>
>> This is so weird as my primary box is the same distro, never encountered 
>> this issue.
>>   
> See if the laptop can SSH to itself @ 192.168.1.72. If not, try 127.0.0.1.

Can ssh from laptop to both.  Seems it only wants to play with itself.... ;(

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Until later, Geoffrey

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