ssh loging fails.

I thought this would be simple but I have not been able to get it 
working and have not found any useful insights from man pages or web 
searchs.I would like to know if there is some way I can get additional 
messages that might help me determine the cause of the problem.  I have 
become somewhat exhausted with the trial an error approach. It appears 
authentication fails on the server side but the only messages in the log 
are:
sshd[2407]: debug1: Forked child 2426.
sshd[2426]: refused connect from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2)

I also tried starting from the console > sshd -d -D
but get the same messages.



Below are messages and config information if someone wants to take a
closer look at it.

THIS IS WHAT I GET ON THE CLIENT
ssh -v -l poverby 192.168.1.2
debug1 Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options *
debug1: Seeding random number generator
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be 
trusted.
debug1: rstore_uid
debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 500 geteuid 0 anon 1
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.2 [192.168.1.2] port 22.
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/500 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/500 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: connection established
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: identity file /home/poverby/.ssh/identity type 0
debug1: identity file /home/poverby/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /home/poverby/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8063370(0x0)

THIS WHAT I GET ON THE SERVER
Apr 26 18:40:23 Pyro sshd[2407]: debug1: Forked child 2426.
Apr 26 18:40:23 Pyro sshd[2426]: refused connect from 192.168.1.2 
(192.168.1.2)

regardless of what I specify for LogLevel in sshd_config.

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES APPEAR WHEN STARTING SSHD
Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: debug1: Bind to port 22 on 192.168.1.2.
Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: Server listening on 192.168.1.2 port 22.
Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: debug1: Bind to port 22 on 127.0.0.1.
Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: Server listening on 127.0.0.1 port 22.
Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: Generating 768 bit RSA key.
Apr 26 19:19:05 Pyro sshd[2652]: RSA key generation complete.

I HAVE THE FOLLOWING KEY FILES CREATED BY USER poverby
~/.ssh/identity
~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_dsa
AND THE CORRESPONDONG .pub FILES COPIED TO ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

I HAVE THE FOLLOWING KEY FILES CREATED BY root
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
AND THE CORRESPONDING .pub FILES COPIED TO /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts with
192.168.1.2 PRECEEDING THE ENTRIES


/etc/ssh/ssh_config LOOKS LIKE THIS
Host *
     ForwardX11 yes

/etc/ssh/sshd_config LOOKS LIKE THIS

Port 22
ListenAddress 127.0.0.1
ListenAddress 192.168.1.2

HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

ServerKeyBits 768
LoginGraceTime 600
KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
PermitRootLogin no
IgnoreRhosts yes

StrictModes yes
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
PrintMotd yes
KeepAlive yes
SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
LogLevel DEBUG2
RhostsAuthentication no
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
HostbasedAuthentication no
RSAAuthentication yes

PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no

Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server

-- 
Paul Overby
xpoverby at attbi.com