SOLVED kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

[JIKOmetrix]

Hello,

I'm trying to disable password auth for SSH and enable key authentication.

I created user green-set keys in cpanel user ssh->manage keys and authorized the key.

If I use a remote terminal to connect:

ssh -i /Users/user_remote/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]-server-domain-123.net -p 2222

The server does have a non-standard SSH port of 2222.

I get this error in my remote terminal:

user_remote@Coconut % ssh -i /Users/user_remote/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]-server-domain-123.net -p 2222
kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer
Connection reset by 123.456.789.123 port 2222
user_remote@Coconut Desktop %

Why would the remote server reset the connection for key auth and allow password?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[techAMIGO]

Hi,
check if there any ssh connection blocking from the firewall or the connection is being blocked due to the Host-Based Access Control Lists in hosts.deny
try restarting SSH server.

 

[JIKOmetrix]

Thanks, I checked there were not blocks. I did find an extra ALLOW at the end of my host entry in the hosts.allow file. After that I disabled password auth and the key auth started to work.

 

[cPRex]

I'm glad you were able to track that down!