Re: [MLUG] ssh2 problem

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Ian Scott wrote:

> > Thanks.  I fixed the problem on the host end.  The problem was that I had
> > removed ssh1, but ssh2 will call ssh1 for certain clients.  I would think
> > that PuTTY (if ssh2 compliant) would work either way, but I guess it
> > doesn't.
>
> I've never had a problem with this with PuTTY and an OpenSSH server
> set to use only ssh2.  Perhaps changing PuTTY so it tries ssh2 first
> may fix that problem.

Oh!  I didn't notice that I could select SSH2 in PuTTY.  I thought it
would do that automatically, but I actually had it configured to use SSH1.
Thanks for the pointer!


> Also, with the "host key check failed" problem, again I've never had
> that problem with PuTTY.  I've had SSH sessions stay open for days
> with PuTTY..

It won't happen with every host.  It looks like Simon Tatham (PuTTY
developer) has figured it out finally and fixed it.


> Sorry if I can't be of much help other than saying "works fine for
> me!"

You were a major help.  Thanks much.

Mike

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