QUESTION :
I have a VMWare Player running a
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) VERSION = 10 PATCHLEVEL = 1
All works fine execpt that I cannot connect from the windows host to the image.
From putty I get the error message:
Network error: Software caused connection abort
From /var/log/messages
Jan 15 03:45:55 tdx sshd[4492]: fatal: Timeout before authentication for 192.168.11.150
The VMWare player network adapter is setup as “Bridged” and has a static IP assigned through DHCP
nslookup of the client and vmware image names works both ways.
ANSWER :
Found an error in the ‘ c:windowssystem32driversetchosts’. The hostname had several entries for the vmware image, and the “actual” hostname was not the first in the list, that is the one registred in the DHCPd. After I moved it to the first it works.