On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 06:31:39AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > 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 > Ah, yeah. these showed that it wasn't actually running. not sure why, I used the gui services tool to enable and start it, or I think I did... but a quick "systemctl start sshd.service" and "systemctl enable sshd.service" seems to have fixed me up. thanks Ed! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --------------------------- Corinthians 5:21 --------------------------------- -- 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