From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 6 22:29:46 2010 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 A3083106566C for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 22:29:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54FAF8FC08 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 22:29:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o46MTgA5031705; Thu, 6 May 2010 15:29:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 6 May 2010 15:29:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 15:29:41 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Tim Daneliuk Message-ID: <20100506222941.GA43291@thought.org> References: <20100506172149.GA42430@thought.org> <4BE2FD22.3060302@tundraware.com> <20100506213556.GB42975@thought.org> <4BE33781.90108@tundraware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4BE33781.90108@tundraware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. 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X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: ssh: port 22: connection refuused X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 22:29:46 -0000 On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 04:41:21PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 5/6/2010 4:35 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 12:32:18PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > >> On 5/6/2010 12:21 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >>> > >>> can anybody help me with ne of my last problems: getting ssh Into > >>> my new comuter? i am able to ssh outside. need to scp my config > >>> files over. > >>> > >>> sshd is running on "zen" > >>> > >>> > >> > >> This generally involves two or three steps: > >> > >> 1) Make sure /etc/rc.conf has this in it: > >> > >> sshd_enable="YES" > > > > Yes; this was my first try. no diff. > >> > >> 2) Make sure /etc/hosts.allow permits access > >> to your machine via ssh. Something like this: > >> > >> sshd: 192.168. a_host-name.com an.ip.add.ress :ALLOW > >> > >> Some people do this: > >> > >> sshd: ALL :ALLOW > >> > >> That's fine if the machine sits on a trusted LAN, but I don't > >> much like this for machines that are internet-facing ... it > >> just provides another vector for attack. So, for such machines, > >> I explicitly name the address and names that are permitted ssh access. > > > > ok. itried this; have not rebooted yet. no difference right > > now. > > > >> > >> 3) If you're running a firewall, make sure that the sshd ports > >> (22/tcp and 22/udp) are open for those machines/addresses > >> you want to connect into your FreeBSD box. > >> > > > > > > i'm runnning a pfSense computer; pretty sure that things are > > sett correctly there. > > > >> > >> If you are still having trouble, go to the client machine > >> and invoke your session like this: > >> > >> ssh -vvvvv your_freebsd_machine > >> > > > > the files in /etc/ssh were the first thing i thought of > > editing. didn't see many differences between rel 8.0 and my > > current 7.3. still, here is the verbose output. > > > > > > pl 14:20 [5036] ssh zen > > ssh: connect to host zen port 22: Connection refused > > pl 14:20 [5037] ssh -vvvv zen > > OpenSSH_5.1p1 FreeBSD-20080901, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 > > debug1: Connecting to zen [10.47.0.190] port 22. > > debug1: connect to address 10.47.0.190 port 22: Connection > > refused > > ssh: connect to host zen port 22: Connection refused > > pl 14:22 [5038] > > > > any idea what the ``needpriv 0'' means? > > > > > > > > > What's in your /etc/hosts.allow file? > sshd: ALL ALL :ALLOW i think. i'm at my main desktop right now. there were two "ALL" strings in the pcbsd /etc/hosts.allow. the line was commented out; i just x'd the #. i'll reboot and see if that reinitialized =something=. :_) > > >> It will barf out a bunch of interesting information about why the connection > >> isn't working that may help you figure out what's going on. > >> > >> Happy Trails, > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > >> PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel