Mike McGrath wrote:
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Is there any output from running: netcat xx.19.88.173 22If not are you sure ssh is running?pgrep sshd -Mike
Nope.sshd wasn't running because yum updated openssl. Starting sshd gave an illegal instruction. [ sadly not sent to syslog ] The reason yum: installed openssl.i686, not i386.
Installed openssl.i386 - now it works. Thanks for the hint. sean