Archive · March 16, 2010
Mac OSX - ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
noticed in system log:
Mar 16 11:39:24 hosting pop3d: Mar 16 11:39:24 hosting pop3d-ssl: Mar 16 11:39:24 hosting sshd[8243]: fatal: /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.i opened up Disk Utility and "Fixed Permissions" on the drive and voila... i'm able to connect to the box via SSH.