how to log connection refused attempt with python-paramiko

[nickname]

On Sep 9, 3:37 pm, nickname <thebiggestbangthe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 9, 3:35 pm, nickname <thebiggestbangthe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > hello all,
> >             I am getting to grips with paramiko. I am trying to open a
> > ssh connection to my server 127.0.0.1 using paramiko and want to
> > specify the password via the program itself. I want to generate  and
> > change passwds via the program very frequently and hence am avoiding a
> > key based approach.
>
> > I am using
>
> > [code]
> > def send_ssh(ip):
> >   ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
> >   ssh.connect('127.0.0.1', username='username', password='thispasswd',
> > port=22)
> > [/code]
>
> > and I get
>
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "./client.py", line 76, in <module>
> >     send_ssh(ip)
> >   File "./client.py", line 46, in send_ssh
> >     ssh.connect('127.0.0.1', username='username',
> > password='thispasswd', port=22)
> >   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/paramiko/client.py", line
> > 299, in connect
> >     self._policy.missing_host_key(self, hostname, server_key)
> >   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/paramiko/client.py", line
> > 83, in missing_host_key
> >     raise SSHException('Unknown server %s' % hostname)
> > paramiko.SSHException: Unknown server 127.0.0.1
>
> > The screen just "hangs", looks like it is waiting/timing-out and then
> > if I use ctrl-C, it ouputs
>
> > Exception exceptions.KeyboardInterrupt in <module 'threading' from '/
> > usr/lib/python2.5/threading.pyc'> ignored
>
> > In case I specify a different port, like 50000. I got a socket.error:
> > (111, 'Connection refused') . Is there a log file where this is
> > recorded. I looked up /var/log/auth.log and syslog, messages but could
> > not find a reference to this erroneous login attempt.
>
> > [code]
> > def send_ssh(ip):
> >   ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
> >   ssh.connect('127.0.0.1', username='testusername',
> > password='thisshouldbethepasswd', port=50000)
> > [/code]
>
> Update: I tried restarting ssh from /etc/init.d/ but no luck

Solved the problem using info from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=743119