SSH Reference Manual

Session Related SSH2 Errors

Session related errors are reported as SSH2 warning log messages. Warning messages have a log level of 20.

Session Related Error Messages of SSH2 Daemon

All messages related to a connection received by a remote SSH client are preceded by a session ID. These messages

adhere to the following format:

<remote ip address> is the IP address of the system the SSH client is connecting from and <remote port> is the

port number assigned to the SSH client session on the remote side.

The messages are as follows:

<session id>: Error: <error description>

Is a description of the error condition.

Cause: An error occurred on the SSH session. Typical errors include network related errors.

Effect: The SSH session is closed.

Recovery: Any corrective action depends on <error description>.

<session id>: Disconnect from remote: <disconnect reason>

Is a description received from the remote client to describe the reason for disconnecting.

Cause: The SSH client gracefully terminated the SSH session.

Effect: The SSH session is closed.

Recovery: Any corrective action depends on <disconnect reason>. It may be required on the remote SSH client

side. Contact the comForte support, if <disconnect reason> indicates an SSH protocol error.

<session id>: User auth method mismatch, available: <remaining methods>, <requested

method>

List of SSH authentication methods that are supported by SSH2 that have not been tried by the SSH client.

Authentication method requested by the SSH client.

Cause: The SSH client tried to use an authentication method not supported by SSH2.

Effect: The remote SSH user cannot be authenticated.

Recovery: Configure an authentication method for SSH client that is supported by SSH2, e.g. "public key"

authentication.

<session id>: Authentication of user <user name> failed: <error detail>

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