On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you show what is the error when you ssh? > > try ssh -vvv whatever > Did you run tcpdump and saw traffic on port 22? >
Okay. Now this is very strange! SSH is not working with Putty (which is what I have been using all along!), but works from Windows11 CLI: C:\Users\odhiambo>ssh -vvv [email protected] OpenSSH_for_Windows_9.5p2, LibreSSL 3.8.2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/config error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/ProgramData/ssh/ssh_config error:2 debug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 192.168.69.22 is address debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> 'C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts' debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> 'C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2' debug3: ssh_connect_direct: entering debug1: Connecting to 192.168.69.22 [192.168.69.22] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519 error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519 error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa-cert error:2 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa-cert.pub error:2 debug3: failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa-cert error:2 debug1: identity file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_for_Windows_9.5 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_10.2 debug1: compat_banner: match: OpenSSH_10.2 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000 debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: Authenticating to 192.168.69.22:22 as 'wash' debug3: record_hostkey: found key type ED25519 in file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts:59 debug3: load_hostkeys_file: loaded 1 keys from 192.168.69.22 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2 error:2 debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug3: Failed to open file:C:/ProgramData/ssh/ssh_known_hosts error:2 debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen __PROGRAMDATA__\\ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory debug3: Failed to open file:C:/ProgramData/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2 error:2 debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen __PROGRAMDATA__\\ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: have matching best-preference key type [email protected], using HostkeyAlgorithms verbatim debug3: send packet: type 20 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug3: receive packet: type 20 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug2: local client KEXINIT proposal debug2: KEX algorithms: curve25519-sha256,[email protected] ,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,ext-info-c, [email protected] debug2: host key algorithms: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected] ,[email protected], [email protected],[email protected] ,ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521, [email protected],[email protected] ,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256 debug2: ciphers ctos: [email protected] ,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,[email protected], [email protected] debug2: ciphers stoc: [email protected] ,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,[email protected], [email protected] debug2: MACs ctos: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512 debug2: MACs stoc: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512 debug2: compression ctos: none,[email protected],zlib debug2: compression stoc: none,[email protected],zlib debug2: languages ctos: debug2: languages stoc: debug2: first_kex_follows 0 debug2: reserved 0 debug2: peer server KEXINIT proposal debug2: KEX algorithms: mlkem768x25519-sha256,sntrup761x25519-sha512, [email protected],curve25519-sha256, [email protected] ,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,ext-info-s, [email protected] debug2: host key algorithms: rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ssh-ed25519 debug2: ciphers ctos: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr debug2: ciphers stoc: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr debug2: MACs ctos: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected],[email protected] ,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1 debug2: MACs stoc: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected],[email protected],[email protected] ,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1 debug2: compression ctos: none,[email protected] debug2: compression stoc: none,[email protected] debug2: languages ctos: debug2: languages stoc: debug2: first_kex_follows 0 debug2: reserved 0 debug3: kex_choose_conf: will use strict KEX ordering debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256 debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-ed25519 debug1: kex: server->client cipher: [email protected] MAC: <implicit> compression: none debug1: kex: client->server cipher: [email protected] MAC: <implicit> compression: none debug3: send packet: type 30 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY debug3: receive packet: type 31 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY received debug1: Server host key: ssh-ed25519 SHA256:rCoWP6WVjHxsVo2UEYEjq4UWyVS4a2xp3LJcD9EvNw0 debug3: record_hostkey: found key type ED25519 in file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts:59 debug3: load_hostkeys_file: loaded 1 keys from 192.168.69.22 debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2 error:2 debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug3: Failed to open file:C:/ProgramData/ssh/ssh_known_hosts error:2 debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen __PROGRAMDATA__\\ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory debug3: Failed to open file:C:/ProgramData/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2 error:2 debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen __PROGRAMDATA__\\ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug1: Host '192.168.69.22' is known and matches the ED25519 host key. debug1: Found key in C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts:59 debug3: send packet: type 21 debug1: ssh_packet_send2_wrapped: resetting send seqnr 3 debug2: ssh_set_newkeys: mode 1 debug1: rekey out after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug3: receive packet: type 21 debug1: ssh_packet_read_poll2: resetting read seqnr 3 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug2: ssh_set_newkeys: mode 0 debug1: rekey in after 134217728 blocks debug3: ssh_get_authentication_socket_path: path '\\\\.\\pipe\\openssh-ssh-agent' debug3: unable to connect to pipe \\\\.\\pipe\\openssh-ssh-agent, error: 2 debug1: get_agent_identities: ssh_get_authentication_socket: No such file or directory debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519 debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss debug1: Will attempt key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa debug2: pubkey_prepare: done debug3: send packet: type 5 debug3: receive packet: type 7 debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521, [email protected],[email protected] ,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256> debug1: kex_ext_info_check_ver: [email protected]=<0> debug1: kex_ext_info_check_ver: [email protected]=<0> debug3: receive packet: type 6 debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug3: send packet: type 50 debug3: receive packet: type 51 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_rsa: No such file or directory debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa: No such file or directory debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk: No such file or directory debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519 debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk: No such file or directory debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_xmss: No such file or directory debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa debug3: no such identity: C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/id_dsa: No such file or directory debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method debug3: authmethod_lookup keyboard-interactive debug3: remaining preferred: password debug3: authmethod_is_enabled keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive debug2: userauth_kbdint debug3: send packet: type 50 debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply debug3: receive packet: type 51 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug3: userauth_kbdint: disable: no info_req_seen debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method debug3: authmethod_lookup password debug3: remaining preferred: debug3: authmethod_is_enabled password debug1: Next authentication method: password [email protected]'s password: debug3: send packet: type 50 debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for reply debug3: receive packet: type 52 Authenticated to 192.168.69.22 ([192.168.69.22]:22) using "password". debug1: channel 0: new session [client-session] (inactive timeout: 0) debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0 debug2: channel 0: send open debug3: send packet: type 90 debug1: Requesting [email protected] debug3: send packet: type 80 debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: pledge: filesystem debug3: client_repledge: enter debug1: ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT is supported. Reading the VTSequence from console debug3: This windows OS supports conpty debug1: ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING is supported. Console supports the ansi parsing debug3: Successfully set console output code page from:65001 to 65001 debug3: Successfully set console input code page from:65001 to 65001 debug3: receive packet: type 80 debug1: client_input_global_request: rtype [email protected] want_reply 0 debug3: client_input_hostkeys: received RSA key SHA256:xDiJun6zjv/1LYDKXDY48W8N9n2PBl/KtaZZKYEBDR4 debug3: client_input_hostkeys: received ECDSA key SHA256:xEGOUJWli1v61HGoKJ06si1AkBeXuKndWw5f5Kkzs7Q debug3: client_input_hostkeys: received ED25519 key SHA256:rCoWP6WVjHxsVo2UEYEjq4UWyVS4a2xp3LJcD9EvNw0 debug1: client_input_hostkeys: searching C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts for 192.168.69.22 / (none) debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts" debug3: hostkeys_find: found ssh-ed25519 key at C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts:59 debug1: client_input_hostkeys: searching C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2 for 192.168.69.22 / (none) debug3: Failed to open file:C:/Users/odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2 error:2 debug1: client_input_hostkeys: hostkeys file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2 does not exist debug3: client_input_hostkeys: 3 server keys: 2 new, 18446744073709551615 retained, 2 incomplete match. 0 to remove debug3: client_input_hostkeys: asking server to prove ownership for 2 keys debug3: send packet: type 80 debug3: receive packet: type 91 debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback start debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0 debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1 debug3: send packet: type 98 debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1 debug3: send packet: type 98 debug3: client_repledge: enter debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback done debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768 debug3: receive packet: type 81 debug3: client_global_hostkeys_prove_confirm: verify RSA key 0 using sigalg rsa-sha2-512 debug3: client_global_hostkeys_prove_confirm: verify ECDSA key 1 using sigalg ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 Learned new hostkey: RSA SHA256:xDiJun6zjv/1LYDKXDY48W8N9n2PBl/KtaZZKYEBDR4 Learned new hostkey: ECDSA SHA256:xEGOUJWli1v61HGoKJ06si1AkBeXuKndWw5f5Kkzs7Q debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts" C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts:3: invalid known_hosts entry debug3: host_delete: ED25519 key already at C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts:59 Adding new key for 192.168.69.22 to C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts: ssh-rsa SHA256:xDiJun6zjv/1LYDKXDY48W8N9n2PBl/KtaZZKYEBDR4 Adding new key for 192.168.69.22 to C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:xEGOUJWli1v61HGoKJ06si1AkBeXuKndWw5f5Kkzs7Q debug1: update_known_hosts: known hosts file C:\\Users\\odhiambo/.ssh/known_hosts2 does not exist debug3: client_repledge: enter debug1: pledge: fork debug3: receive packet: type 99 debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0 debug2: PTY allocation request accepted on channel 0 debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152 debug3: receive packet: type 99 debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0 debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0 Last login: Mon Jan 19 16:01:35 2026 OpenBSD 7.8 (GENERIC.MP) #54: Sun Oct 12 12:58:11 MDT 2025 Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system. Please use the sendbug(1) utility to report bugs in the system. Before reporting a bug, please try to reproduce it with the latest version of the code. With bug reports, please try to ensure that enough information to reproduce the problem is enclosed, and if a known fix for it exists, include that as well. openbsd$ When I use Bitvise SSH client, I also don't succeed in connecting. Here is what I see on the client screen: 13:42:20.139 Loading last used profile 'C:\Users\odhiambo\OneDrive\Nyaraka\OpenBSD.tlp'. 13:42:20.140 Last used profile loaded successfully. 13:42:21.235 Automatic check for updates completed successfully. 13:42:21.235 Version status: Current This is the latest release. 13:42:30.301 Started a new SSH connection. 13:42:30.302 Connecting to SSH server 192.168.69.22:22. 13:42:30.306 Connection established. 13:42:30.321 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_10.2 13:42:30.321 First key exchange started. Cryptographic provider: Windows CNG (x86) with additions 13:43:42.871 Connection disconnected on user's request. 13:43:43.134 The SSH connection has been terminated. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
