From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 18:53:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98085E57 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:53:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from p3plsmtpa08-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa08-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF0B8FC08 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:53:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ethic.thought.org ([209.180.213.209]) by p3plsmtpa08-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with id P6qg1k0034XeM01016qgPo; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:50:40 -0700 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:50:40 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Subject: Re: well, try here first... Message-ID: <20121113185040.GA2570@ethic.thought.org> References: <20121113052159.GA31404@ethic.thought.org> <20121113063952.5c9bfaa2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20121113075721.GB3359@ethic.thought.org> <20121113090812.97e1c6a1.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121113090812.97e1c6a1.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:53:17 -0000 On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 09:08:12AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:57:21 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 06:39:52AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:22:00 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Anyway, linux is > > > > installed; the box is on my internal IP net. I can ssh *out*. to my > > > > server, vut from my server or wherever, I cant ssh back in. > > > > > > > > doing an % ssh 10.47.0.114 OR ssh tao gives me an instant > > > > "Connection refused". if I try an ssh -X tao I get a string like > > > > "Connnection closed". can any of you network wizards or setup > > > > wizards clue me in. {FWIW:: the ssh stuff is from OpenBSD.} > > > > > > Have you checked that tao is actually running a SSH server? > > > > ja vohl. futher dhclient is there. I'll go back to comparing > > tao to ethic. > > The dhclient is a client (just as the ssh program), while > the system has to run some kind of SSH _server_ (sshd on > FreeBSD for example). Additionally, network configuration > and especially firewall has to _permit_ the access to that > specific service (that has to be enabled). hmmm. that might be it. my firewall is in a nice small, 4w netgear box. it's got a web interface and runs some flavor of firewall that I never studied. yuk. > > > > > > The way _how_ to enable it depends on the distribution you're > > > using and is very different among the Linusi. > > > > rt., and this is fedora, my least fav distro. But I've always had > > trouble with ssh, even with FBSD. > > There is a nice summary on how to get the OpenSSH server > set up on Fedora: > > http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_Fedora_Linux_Remote_Access_using_SSH > > Basically, it's about installing and enabling it. The article > also discusses how to enable configure the firewall properly. > thank you. I'll ck it out. also google other stuff if I have to. > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.