Well, actually, I'm using SecureCRT that supports SSH, but I was using telnet just to test the connection.
That suggestion fixed it. The line was in there, but I put: shhd : ANY : allow instead of: sshd : ANY : ALLOW I found that line in one of the online HOWTO's. Oh, well, I'm still learning.. Thanks, Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] SSH problem > Howdy Barry, > > You seem to be using "telnet" and "ssh" interchangabley > when they're not. SSH is secure, while telnet is not, and > SSH uses port 22, while telnet uses port 23. I recommend > using SSH. > > Now, the box that you're ssh'ing to must specifically allow > ssh connections, which is configured independently of the > ssh daemon. Instead, you must add the following lines to > /etc/hosts.allow: > > sshd sshd1 sshd2 : ALL : ALLOW > > Give that a shot and let us know if that does the trick. > > Miark > > > > "Barry Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > > > But, I'd like to telnet into it > > remotely as VNC doesn't work well with screen updates of virtual machines. > > Using telnet on my XP machine to access port 22 results in a blank screen > > and a disconnect in a few seconds. The log shows 'sshd refused connect from > > 140.150.160.2' (my XP machine's intranet address). After several hours > > searching, I'm no closer to figuring out what's going on. Although, I am > > learning a LOT about interacting with Linux from the command line. > > BTW, the purpose of this virtual machine is to get more comfortable with > > Linux before dedicating real hardware for a web server. The Apache server > > with PHP is already running at: www.barrymichels.com > > > > > > Thanks, > > Barry > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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