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[Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

Stop sshd, check that it's not running via (x)inetd. Wait 5 minutes,
restart sshd. I've gotten that error in other programs when I try to
reconnect to a port too quickly. The kernel needs a bit of a cool down
period after a port has been closed for it to be able to give it out
again.

HTH

On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 08:08, Robin wrote:
> Hey there, I updated openssh to the latest version (3.7.1p1) today, and 
> now I can't log in. I'm sure it's secure and all, but it isn't really 
> useful :)
> 
> (I would take this to bugzilla, but I need a fairly quick turnaround to 
> get it going again)
> 
> When I try ssh, I get:
> $ ssh 127.0.0.1
> Password:
> Connection to 127.0.0.1 closed by remote host.
> Connection to 127.0.0.1 closed.
> 
> In my logs, when sshd starts:
> Sep 18 00:05:14 kallisti sshd[11617]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 
> failed: Address already in use.
> 
> (however, it obviously is binding eventually, as I can connect, just 
> can't login)
> 
> And from the login attempt:
> Sep 18 00:05:20 kallisti sshd[11632]: fatal: PAM: pam_setcred(): 
> Permission denied
> 
> Now, I am running PAM 0.75 (ages back the new version broke everything, 
> I'll try it again) so I'll try it with the new version and see, however 
> I won't be surprised to find no change.
> 
> Any ideas?