ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

[Darren Tucker]

chkbrian wrote:
> I encountered the following problem while I typing "ssh -v <host_name>"
[snip]
> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

You should specify your platform and OpenSSH version, but this is almost
certainly due to tcpwrappers configuration.

Add the following line to hosts.allow:
sshd: ALL

It may be in /etc or /usr/local/etc.

Alternatively you could rebuild sshd without "--with-tcp-wrappers".

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