SSH'ing to my server fails depending on what the target host is

Question

I have a NAS which runs a custom linux distribution (it's a QNAP). uname -a -> linux 2.6.30.6 #1 SMP ... i686 unknown

I've set it up to do key and password-based multiple-user authentication, and that has worked for awhile. It's running OpenSSH_5.4p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8n 24 Mar 2010.

I run a dyndns client on the host, so there are two ways to access it:

ssh user@host.local

ssh user@host.dynamicip.net

Only the first (logging into user@host.local) currently works; if I ssh to the dynds address, no dice.

ssh user@host.dynamicip.net I get:

Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).

1) Obviously key-based auth isn't working 2) I type in the verified, correct password.

Both password and key-based auth work locally.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Answer 1

The fact that you see an authentication error rules out /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} firewall issue.

What remains is are you connecting to the right server? Just check that when you are trying to connect using the dyndns address, you see the TCP connection on the server. Check also the ssh logs (/var/log/secur*/var/log/auth*)

Answer 2

Check your /etc/hosts.allow file. Easiest thing to eliminate that as source of issues is add the line sshd : ALL : allow to that file (or replace any existing line that begins with 'sshd' with that).