Re: {bb} Ssh test passing when it should fail?

[Henrik Storner <henrik-bb@hswn.dk>]

In <D0CF470B361DB646881635F38AE189B8031C6D32@min.macrovision.com> "Kimberly McKinnis" <kmckinnis@macrovision.com> writes:

>How exactly does BB decide if the SSH test should pass or fail? A
>particular machine's ssh has been green forever, but I can't actually
>ssh to it, even from the BB server. Sadly, this machine is on another
>continent, so I can't just go check the console.

>"Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer"

>Shouldn't this be enough to cause a red?

As I recall, the BB network tester is happy as long as it can complete
the TCP handshake and get a "connected" status - even if it is shut
down immediately. It doesn't check for e.g. the SSH banner to appear.

The bbgen (and Hobbit) network tester does that ...


Henrik
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