Kevin wrote: > > added both ttyp1 and ttyp2 to the /etc/securetty file, saved and rebooted > > putty still will not connect - get Remote Session Closed by Host > > any other suggestions to get this sshd going?? I agree with Victor, you don't have to add ttyp1 or ttyp2 and you must have the file /etc/hosts.allow configured correctly. Do you have the private key, identity, generated when sshd was installed, stored away somewhere for executing sessions with putty on your Winbox? You may also need to take a look in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file: #This is ssh server systemwide configuration file. Port 22 #ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 ListenAddress My.internal.nic.ip HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key RandomSeed /etc/ssh/ssh_random_seed ServerKeyBits 768 LoginGraceTime 600 KeyRegenerationInterval 3600 #For root access via authorized keys only! #PermitRootLogin nopwd PermitRootLogin yes IgnoreRhosts no StrictModes yes QuietMode no X11Forwarding no X11DisplayOffset 10 FascistLogging no PrintMotd yes KeepAlive yes SyslogFacility DAEMON RhostsAuthentication no RhostsRSAAuthentication no RSAAuthentication yes PasswordAuthentication no PermitEmptyPasswords no UseLogin no # PidFile /u/zappa/.ssh/pid AllowHosts My.internal.lan.ips # DenyHosts lowsecurity.theirs.com *.evil.org evil.org # Umask 022 # SilentDeny on RSAAuthentication option set to yes and PasswordAuthentication set to no allows only the machines on the LAN with a valid identity key without the password login option enabled to have access to the LRP machine. -- Patrick Benson Stockholm, Sweden _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user