[BlueOnyx:11769] Re: SSH vs ProFTP..

[Chuck Tetlow]

Just go into the BlueOnyx GUI and reset the blocks.  That's the quickest and easiest way to test if its PAM_ABL doing the blocking.

But if you're using the same computer you tested the FTP from - change the IP, so you can get in.

Chuck

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "George F. Nemeyer" <tigerwolf at tigerden.com> 
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> 
Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:32:57 -0500 (EST) 
Subject: [BlueOnyx:11768] Re: SSH vs ProFTP..

> On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Frank Peels wrote: 
> 
> > Yesterday I tried to get FTP+TLS for my box.  It played around with the 
> > proftp.conf file and today I [WINDOWS-1252?]can’t connect with SSH no longer. I get 
> > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote [WINDOWS-1252?]host”. Not 
> > sure if the one has anything to do with the other. Actually at the 
> > moment I [WINDOWS-1252?]don’t have a clue what happened. Anyone knows what went wrong 
> > for me and how to fix it ? 
> 
> When I saw a similar SSH error, it was actually PAM having decided that 
> there'd been too many bad login attempts and was locking out any attempt 
> to connect. 
> 
> If it blocks, it will also prevent access to SSH and anything else 
> going through PAM from the IP involved. 
> 
> You *could* try connecting to the box from a different IP if you're going 
> in via ethernet. 
> 
> As I recall, I eventually had to use a serial terminal console and boot 
> the box into single user mode and then use the PAM tools (pam_abl, I 
> think) to force reset of the PAM blocking database and login counters. 
> It wasn't fun. 
> 
> Good luck! 
> 
> =^_^=  Tigerwolf 
> 
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