[PLUG] Troubleshooting ssh [FIXED]

[Ken Stephens]

Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2017, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>> I'm out of ideas of what to test so I can fix this issue, and seek advice
>> from experienced network admins.
>     Having tried all suggestions from my thread on LQ I re-read openssh web
> pages, particularly the sections on authorized_keys and known_hosts. It
> occurred to me that for reasons known only to computers, the server's entry
> in ~/.ssh/known_hosts was FUBAR.
>
>     Yep. That was the problem. Cleaned out all known_host entries on each
> portable, then entered the command $ ssh salmo. Told openssh to connect to
> the unknown server, correctly entered my passphrase, and the connection was
> established for each portable.
>
>     My web searches did not find any result that suggested cleaning
> known_hosts when a client refuses to connect to a server. This is a lesson
> I'll not soon forget.
>
> Rich
>
Rich,

Thanks for sharing your findings.  You come up with interesting problems and solutions in Linux.  I 
learn from them.

I find that if I don't find a solution after diligent searching, the problem is usually something very 
obvious that I have missed.  My forehead is much flatter after discovering what I did from the slap 
that reflexibly happens at that time.

Thanks, again,
Ken