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Old 02-16-2010
sshd started, but ssh/sftp/psftp not working
The OS is CenOS.

The sshds is started, but ssh/sftp/psftp are not working with "time out" errors.

Code:
# service sshd status
openssh-daemon (pid  2894) is running...

# tail /var/log/secure
Feb 16 10:56:47 cenos userhelper[6285]: pam_timestamp(system-config-securitylevel:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Feb 16 10:56:47 cenos userhelper[6288]: running '/usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/system-config-securitylevel.py' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Feb 16 10:58:38 cenos sshd[6322]: Connection closed by 192.168.2.6
Feb 16 10:59:29 cenos userhelper[6352]: pam_timestamp(system-config-securitylevel:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Feb 16 10:59:29 cenos userhelper[6355]: running '/usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/system-config-securitylevel.py' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Feb 16 11:16:09 cenos su: pam_unix(su-l:session): session closed for user root
Feb 16 11:26:06 cenos su: pam_unix(su-l:session): session opened for user root by ning(uid=100)
Feb 16 11:33:22 cenos sshd[10718]: Accepted password for root from 192.168.2.6 port 48272 ssh2
Feb 16 11:33:22 cenos sshd[10718]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Feb 16 11:33:25 cenos sshd[10718]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user root

Please help. Thanks in advance!
Last edited by DukeNuke2; 02-16-2010 at 12:50 PM.. Reason: code tags!
# 2  
Old 02-16-2010
you try to login as user root? have you permitted root login in sshd.conf file? have you tried another user than root?
# 3  
Old 02-16-2010
I have tried it as both root and regular user, but got the same result.

Thank you!

---------- Post updated at 12:26 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:09 PM ----------

This is an internal lan 192.168.2.0. Does the masquerade have something wrong?
Code:
[root@cenos ~]# ping 192.168.2.1
PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.634 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.616 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.695 ms

[root@cenos ~]# service iptables status
Table: nat
Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    MASQUERADE  all  --  192.168.122.0/24    !192.168.122.0/24
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
Table: filter
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           udp dpt:53
2    ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:53
3    ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           udp dpt:67
4    ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:67
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.122.0/24    state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
2    ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.122.0/24     0.0.0.0/0
3    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
4    REJECT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
5    REJECT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination

Last edited by Scott; 02-16-2010 at 01:47 PM.. Reason: Code tags please...
# 4  
Old 02-18-2010
Add gateway by "route". Problem solved.
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