On 06/13/14 06:12, Fred Smith wrote: > Hi all! > > I feel dumb having to ask this, I feel I should know the answer, but > can't dredge it up. > > I've recently installed F20 on my old eeepc, where it seems to run fine, > btw, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to connect to it from > another system with ssh. > > I've made sure that sshd is installed, and "systemctl list-unit-files" > shows it as enabled. As far as I can figure out how to use the relatively > new firewall app (and I have to admit some hesitance there since I'm > not sure I really DO understand it...) the necessary ports are open. > > however when I attempt to connect to it with ssh from another box I get > I get an instantaneous "ssh: connect to host 192.168.2.117 port 22: > connection refused". And when I attempt to connect back to itself: > "ssh -X fredex@localhost" I get the same thing. > > If someone can give me a whack on the head (designed to joggle my brains > a bitg--in a good way) I'd appreciate the guidance. > Just a bit of information..... If you see "No route to host" on an ssh connection it would indicate the port is closed. When you see "connection refused" it means there is no process bound to the open port. So you should see.... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ netstat --tcp -ap | grep ssh (Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.) tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:ssh 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN - tcp6 0 0 [::]:ssh [::]:* LISTEN - and .... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ ps -eaf | grep sshd root 1269 1 0 Jun12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D and ... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ systemctl status sshd.service sshd.service - OpenSSH server daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2014-06-12 08:48:39 CST; 21h ago Main PID: 1269 (sshd) CGroup: /system.slice/sshd.service └─1269 /usr/sbin/sshd -D -- Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -- Dandemis -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org