On 06/13/14 07:57, Bill Oliver wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jun 2014, 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. >> >> thanks! >> >> > > Here are the things that have kept sshd from working on new installations for me in the past. I don't know which, if any, would apply to Fedora 20 today. > > 1) As I remember, some ssh setups come configured so that they will only talk to localhost (though that may be ftp, not ssh). I think you're mixing that up with sendmail. sshd will, by default, bind to all interfaces on port 22. > > 2) For some reason, I commonly had a problem with SeLinux blocking ssh. I turn it off. Never had a problem with ssh and selinux. Don't turn things off blindly. If you think you have a selinux issue, investigate. > > 3) Sometimes I forget to set up the rsa keys and nothing will authenticate. > > When the sshd is started for the first time, the server certs will be generated. -- 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
