On 5/3/05, Mike Klinke <lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 No - the machine doesn't use DHCP, it has two static IP addresses. Regards, -- Alex