[Discuss] ssh issue

[jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)]

jbk at kjkelra.com wrote:

> On 6/20/24 15:44, dan moylan wrote:
>> i have two computers running on my home asus router network:
>> cmp1, cmp2, both running fc40.  cmp2 had been sshed into
>> cmp1 since yesterday with no issues, but then cmp2's
>> terminal locked up; neither ctl-c nor ctl-z had any effect,
>> and eventually i closed the tab.  ifconfig gave normal
>> output on both cmp1 and cmp2.  both were able to ping each
>> other as well as mit.edu.
>>
>> puzzled, i blanked out .ssh/known_hosts on cmp2 and tried:
>>
>> ssh moylan at cmp1
>>
>> asked if i really wanted to connect, i said yes, and then
>> was asked for  moylan's password.  an incorrect password
>> prompted a second request followed by a correct password.
>> the window then locked up.
>>
>> any suggestions as to what i should do?

> So you say this happened right after an update.

actually no, i never mentioned update.  it just happened,
out of the blue.

> I might suggest you restore knownhosts and reboot. No you
> don't have to reboot after all updates but when things don't
> work soon after such I find reboots have solved the issue.

well i did reboot, and the problem went away.  should have
tried that without being prompted.

thanks,
ole dan

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