Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 14:35:56 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh: port 22: connection refuused Message-ID: <20100506213556.GB42975@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4BE2FD22.3060302@tundraware.com> References: <20100506172149.GA42430@thought.org> <4BE2FD22.3060302@tundraware.com>
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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 <tao> [5036] ssh zen ssh: connect to host zen port 22: Connection refused pl 14:20 <tao> [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 <tao> [5038] any idea what the ``needpriv 0'' means? > 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" -- 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
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