SSH to FreeBSD 9.1 Server Doesn't Work
I recently upgraded one of my servers from FreeBSD 8.1 to FreeBSD 9.1. Putty can connect to both my 8.1 and 9.1 servers just fine but the built-in SSH Terminal is exiting with the following error:
"Unable to connect. Verify your settings.
The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found."
I am using a private .ppk key and the username "root" to login; no password. The other sessions against 8.1 servers work normally so I'm guessing the protocol changed in the new FreeBSD version perhaps?
I tried downloading the latest beta from the website just now and I still get the same error.
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I can't really provide any suggestions outside of relaying that I can connect to my FreeBSD 9.1 server that's pretty much an out of the box installation.
I was using Putty but I just changed it to "SSH Shell" and it's working there too... not using a private key here though.
We plan to upgrade soon the third party we use. Perhaps this could help.
David Hervieux
I figured it out. It appears that after the upgrade the DNS resolution is being strange and using the IP to connect to the host works. So that error is probably a DNS related error. In any case, I can now use the IP to connect directly that way.