[Info-vax] SSH mysteriously stops working

[Paul Sture]

In article <93k0lsFc1cU4 at mid.individual.net>,
 Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 May 2011 05:53:31 +0000, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
> wrote:
> 
> > In article <93jpfhFc1cU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager
> > <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> > 
> >> What OS is running on the other system?
> > 
> > Linux.
> 
> Have you upgraded anything on Linux recently? I ask because I had exactly 
> this problem on my BSD systems, and it turned out that the default key 
> type had changed from DSA to RSA.

That fits with the way that SSH works.  If the first connection method 
it tries (keys in this case) fails, it tries the next method (password 
in this case).

-- 
Paul Sture