[Tuxaloosa] ssh problems

[E.H.]

paul: i did mean openssh-server
andrew: 192.168.0.5 is the only interface, should i change it back? ps says
that /usr/sbin/ssh is running. i can log into an ssh session from the
console, but not from putty.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Andrew Browning <drew826 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, E.H.<leprkhn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i have a fresh ubuntu (9.04) server install here that won't accept ssh
> > connections. i had it (openssh) installed when i installed the OS. not
> sure
> > if it has to do with the way ubuntu auto-configures the sshd or if im
> just
> > stupid today. i changed /etc/ssh/sshd.config so that it was bound to the
> > servers static ip 192.168.0.5 (it was bound to 0.0.0.0 - which looked
> > funny).
>
> Being bound to 0.0.0.0 usually means it will listen on all interfaces
> for connections. As long as 192.168.0.5 is the only IP address you'll
> use to connect to this machine, there's harm in changing the listen
> interface as you did.
>
> > i don't know much about ssh, so if there's more info to be had let me
> know
> > so i can post it.
> > any help appreciated.
>
> Have you verified that the ssh daemon is running? I'm not familiar
> enough with Ubuntu to know where it keeps startup scripts, but you can
> check for sshd by running `ps uax | grep sshd` or `netstat -ant | grep
> 192.168.0.5:22` from a terminal.
>
> - Andrew
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