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By default, most of the information is hidden from the user. You can use -v switches to get a verbose log of the connection attempt, which will usually pinpoint the problem by showing why the behavior is different than you expect. Let's assume you are connecting to the server example.com using ssh ...

The common error using ssh is to see the error like @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone c...

A "Connection Refused" error will occur if your client sends a connection request to a remote server host, and the remote host responds to say that it refuses to accept the request. The "Connection Refused" error essentially means that the computer is not accepting connections to...

A "Connection timed out" error occurs when the remote system does not respond to the client's attempt to open a TCP/IP connection. The most common causes include: A firewall is blocking the connection attempt on the port that you are using: The firewall could be on the client-side, ...

This error message may be produced by the OpenSSH ssh client. It means that the TCP connection between the client and the server was abnormally closed by the server immediately after being accepted. Common reasons for this message include: The SSH server process is malfunctioning--for example, it...

This error message may be produced by the OpenSSH ssh client. It means that the TCP connection between the client and the server was closed by the server immediately after being accepted. This message generally indicates the SSH server has been configured not to accept connections from the client fo...