ssh loging fails. I thought this would be simple but I have not been able to get it working and have not found any useful insights from man pages or web searchs.I would like to know if there is some way I can get additional messages that might help me determine the cause of the problem. I have become somewhat exhausted with the trial an error approach. It appears authentication fails on the server side but the only messages in the log are: sshd[2407]: debug1: Forked child 2426. sshd[2426]: refused connect from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2) I also tried starting from the console > sshd -d -D but get the same messages. Below are messages and config information if someone wants to take a closer look at it. THIS IS WHAT I GET ON THE CLIENT ssh -v -l poverby 192.168.1.2 debug1 Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options * debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted. debug1: rstore_uid debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 500 geteuid 0 anon 1 debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.2 [192.168.1.2] port 22. debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/500 (e=0) debug1: restore_uid debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/500 (e=0) debug1: restore_uid debug1: connection established debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: identity file /home/poverby/.ssh/identity type 0 debug1: identity file /home/poverby/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/poverby/.ssh/id_dsa type 2 ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8063370(0x0) THIS WHAT I GET ON THE SERVER Apr 26 18:40:23 Pyro sshd[2407]: debug1: Forked child 2426. Apr 26 18:40:23 Pyro sshd[2426]: refused connect from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2) regardless of what I specify for LogLevel in sshd_config. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES APPEAR WHEN STARTING SSHD Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: debug1: Bind to port 22 on 192.168.1.2. Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: Server listening on 192.168.1.2 port 22. Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: debug1: Bind to port 22 on 127.0.0.1. Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: Server listening on 127.0.0.1 port 22. Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: Generating 768 bit RSA key. Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: RSA key generation complete. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING KEY FILES CREATED BY USER poverby ~/.ssh/identity ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_dsa AND THE CORRESPONDONG .pub FILES COPIED TO ~/.ssh/authorized_keys I HAVE THE FOLLOWING KEY FILES CREATED BY root /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key AND THE CORRESPONDING .pub FILES COPIED TO /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts with 192.168.1.2 PRECEEDING THE ENTRIES /etc/ssh/ssh_config LOOKS LIKE THIS Host * ForwardX11 yes /etc/ssh/sshd_config LOOKS LIKE THIS Port 22 ListenAddress 127.0.0.1 ListenAddress 192.168.1.2 HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ServerKeyBits 768 LoginGraceTime 600 KeyRegenerationInterval 3600 PermitRootLogin no IgnoreRhosts yes StrictModes yes X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10 PrintMotd yes KeepAlive yes SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV LogLevel DEBUG2 RhostsAuthentication no RhostsRSAAuthentication no HostbasedAuthentication no RSAAuthentication yes PasswordAuthentication yes PermitEmptyPasswords no Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server -- Paul Overby xpoverby at attbi.com