sshd[845]: fatal: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer

[Deepak Kulkarni]

Hi,

Can anybody tell what is the meaning of this log "sshd[845]: fatal: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer"

Thanks & Regards
DK

[Roberto Arias]

HI DK:

is sshd running? then restart daemon and check that you FS / isn't full

regards

[Deepak Kulkarni]

Hi Roberto,

Sshd is running. But I would like to know why these are being generated.

Rgds
DK

[Roberto Arias]

hi dk
execute a 'ssh -v and send us the out.

please check /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log for error

regards

[Roberto Arias]

hi again, check parameter kernel values (npty,nsrpty,maxuser) and modify by values higest

regards

[Ralph Grothe]

Probably as it reads,
the client side seems to have sent a tcp segment with the RST flag set in the IP header.
You must find out if the client side sent this deliberately because this is not the formal procedure of finishing a tcp session.
But maybe a misbehaving firewall cut down the connection?