On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:39, Alex Greg wrote: > Hi, > > > One of our machines has a problem every couple of weeks where it > stops accepting new SSH connections. Existing ones work fine, but > any attempt to create a new one fails with this error: > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > > Restarting the sshd fixes the problem for another couple of > weeks, but it keeps re-occurring. Any pointers as to how this > could be fixed (for good!) would be very much appreciated. The > machine is running Fedora Core 1. > Could it be co-incident with a new DHCP lease? Regards, Mike Klinke