The "connection refused" error means that nothing is listening on the requested port. This condition can only mean that sshd isn't running or that it's listening on a non-standard port. A firewall, which would either drop or reject packets, wouldn't cause this error. A dropped packet would result in a timeout, and a rejected packet would result in "no route to host". There are two probable causes. One is that sshd isn't even installed on the target system. The other is that it isn't being started. Try doing: chkconfig --list sshd If it says that it doesn't recognize the name, e.g.: chkconfig --list sshd error reading information on service sshd: No such file or directory then sshd isn't installed. If you get a line full of offs, e.g.: chkconfig --list sshd sshd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off then it isn't being started. To actually start it, do: service sshd start To ensure that it starts on reboots, do: chkconfig --level=2345 sshd on -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@xxxxxxxxx | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://familyradio.com/ | http://mielke.cc/bible/ _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list