SSH connections to Xen virtual servers are getting disconnected with error "Connection reset by peer"
Issue
- The virtual server is being hosted on a physical server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, kernel 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen. Users are being disconnected from ssh sessions within 30 seconds of logging on to the server with the following error.
Read from remote host ux40xlv508: Connection reset by peer
connection to ut40xlv508 closed:
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
- Xen
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