From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 20:17:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E715C1065673 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byshenknet@byshenk.net) Received: from core.byshenk.net (core.byshenk.net [62.58.73.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E2C98FC25 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byshenknet@byshenk.net) Received: from core.byshenk.net (localhost.aoes.com [127.0.0.1]) by core.byshenk.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0QKGmoC036131; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:16:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from byshenknet@core.byshenk.net) Received: (from byshenknet@localhost) by core.byshenk.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0QKGl5J036130; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:16:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from byshenknet) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:16:47 +0100 From: Greg Byshenk To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090126201647.GE790@core.byshenk.net> References: <497E0D55.3060006@delphij.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <497E0D55.3060006@delphij.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on core.byshenk.net Cc: d@delphij.net, Xian Chen Subject: Re: SSH problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:17:17 -0000 On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:21:57AM -0800, Xin LI wrote: > Xian Chen wrote: > > I can use scp to move files from a linux to my Freebsd machine. > > > > But, when I try to use WinSCP under windows, it always failed. WinSCP > > errors: "Network error: Connection refused". Both scp & sftp fail if using > > WinSCP. > > > > Any clues for this? > My guess is that you have specified an incorrect port number. Try tcpdump? Another possibility, IIRC, is a bad ssh hostkey (I haven't used WinSCP in quite some time, but I recall that its error messages are not particularly informative). You can also check to see if you can reach the server. Try a plain telnet to port 22. You won't actually be able to establish a connection if you aren't running ssh, but you should see something like: Connected to . Escape character is '^]'. SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1p1 FreeBSD-20080901 -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL