SSH and changing DNS servers

josephc at etards.net josephc at etards.net
Thu Sep 4 11:18:46 EDT 2003


in /etc/ssh/sshd_config set 'ReverseMappingCheck' to 'no'

thats a temporary solution. if you insist on using reverse dns as a check 
for ssh (i personally wouldn't) then you're going to have to do some 
trouble shooting. make sure these new DNS servers can resolve the reverse. 
if they can't add the hosts to /etc/hosts or switch to DNS servers that 
do.

-joe

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Hugh Rutledge wrote:

> Our ISP required us to change DNS server addresses
> this month.  (Not by telling us,  but by stopping
> service on the old addresses.)  When we did this and
> restarted our remote server,  it no longer accepts any
> ssh access to its ssh ports-- but is processing html
> and mail requests fine.  
> 
> Any insights on why this problem arises and how to
> repair it?  Reinstallation of SSH appears to be the
> brute force way to resolve it.
> 
> Thanks
> Hugh Rutledge
> 
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