Hi list, seems I have a little problem there. On a SuSE 6.4 system (kernel 2.2.19) that I am administering which is running mainly as a mailserver (smtp & pop3) I recently updated libz by fetching the sources from ftp.suse.com and doing a rpm -bb libz... and then rpm -Uhv libz... Anyway, for remote administration I use ssh (latest version available for 6.4) and access is restricted via /etc/hosts.deny. Also protocol version 1 is disabled. The next time (after I updated libz) I could not log in anymore, this is what I get when I try to connect from any of the allowed IP addresses: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host Could it be that the newly installed libz is the reason? I have checked with ldd /usr/sbin/sshd and it tells me on all my other systems that its linked against /usr/lib/libz.so.1 So now the big question: can the libz update really be the reason or is it more likely that I messed something else up that I can't remember? Or in other words: do I have to drive ~ 550 kilometers to fix that server or is there any other way to be able to log in again :-) Thanks in advance for all your help! Erwin -- Erwin Zierler | web- / host- / postmaster - stubainet.at | erwin.zierler@stubainet.at / webmaster@stubainet.at | Tel.: 0 5225 - 64325 Fax 99 Mobil: 0664 - 130 67 91