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Re: Cannot ssh: "Connection reset by peer" error when connecting


So wrote Igor Pechtchanski on Wednesday, the 09. June 2004:
> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:13:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> To: Web Solutions <prosolutions@gmx.net>
> Subject: Re: Cannot ssh: "Connection reset by peer" error when connecting
> cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> 
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Web Solutions wrote:
> 
> > Freshly installed cygwin on a Windows 2000 (german) system with Service Pack
> > 4 installed.  After installation I run ssh-host-config and say "yes" to
> > privilege separation, use "tty ntsec" options, and install it as a service.
> > I then start the service.  I login to the cygwin shell and run
> > ssh-user-config.
> >
> > When running ssh-user-config I always only create an RSA2 key.  I have tried
> > creating RSA and DSA2 keys but they make no difference and the errors are
> > the same.
> >
> > For the sake of providing as much information as possible I am going to
> > paste the output of 3 different ssh -vvv sessions below.  To quickly jump
> > from one to the other just do a find for "SESSION ONE" "SESSION TWO" or
> > "SESSION THREE"
> >
> > This first session: if I create the RSA2 key without a password I am
> > successfully able to connect from localhost:
> >
> > =========SESSION ONE======================================================
> > OpenSSH_3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
> > [snip]
> > Last login: Wed Jun  9 17:12:12 2004 from 127.0.0.1
> >
> >
> > =========END SESSION ONE=================================================
> >
> > This next session is an unsuccessful connection attempt with the same user
> > config as before (RSA2 only) except using a password.  The session fails:
> >
> > =============SESSION TWO==================================================
> > OpenSSH_3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
> > [snip]
> > Write failed: Connection reset by peer
> >
> > =========END SESSION TWO==================================================
> >
> > This last session is trying to log in from a remote box, (RSA2 set to use
> > password):
> >
> > =============SESSION THREE================================================
> >
> > OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian 1:3.8.1p1-4, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
> > [snip]
> > Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer
> >
> > ============END SESSION THREE=============================================
> >
> > finally, here is the sshd_config:
> > [snip]
> 
> Does <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg00881.html> help?
> 	Igor
> -- 



Interestingly I saw that post just before making my posting here.  That
was the last attempt I made to fix it.  I tried to chown SYSTEM.SYSTEM
.ssh/* which had no effect whatsoever on the ownership.  This user also has full administrative rights.  

Here is the directory listing for /home/user/.ssh:

total 4
drwxr-xr-x    2 user   Kein            0 Jun  9 17:11 .
drwxr-xr-x    3 user   Kein            0 Jun  9 16:09 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          225 Jun  9 17:11 authorized_keys
-rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          887 Jun  9 17:11 id_rsa
-rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          225 Jun  9 17:11 id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          447 Jun  9 17:12 known_hosts


However, given that they are all mode 644 I would think that would be
enough.  I've also seen this thread
http://archive.erdelynet.com/ssh-l/2001-06/msg00057.php which indicates
644 should be enough (what I would also tend to think).



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