By using ChatGPT I was able to determine SSH was not installed on my desktop. I did the install and now it works.


On 2024-07-09 15:30, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Rusty,

I was unable to SSH into my desktop from a new Ubuntu VirtualBox guest this morning. Was able to ping. Have not had the time to resolve.

My response is to your mentioning AI. I use the free version of ChatGPT. It is version 3.5 It responds to normal language. Ask it a question like you would ask me. Then refine your question based on what it's response is.

I just went to https://chatgpt.com/ and did not sign in and asked "Why do I get an error when trying to SSH into my kubuntu desktop from a ubuntu 24.04 server running on VirtualBox. I an ping." Notice I misspelled can at the very end.

These questions are called prompts. And are regular English.

I got a ton of information... And I can continue to refine my question. In this case it looks like this is all I might need.

I created a YouTube video on using AI to create PHP programs : https://youtu.be/k7CNqcKxKTg

Keith






On 2024-07-09 15:07, Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Hopefully the answer isn't that *I'm* the insane one! ;-)

So, my laptop, which is running Linux Mint 20.2 Uma, and my file server have suddenly had a falling-out.  They used to talk to each other just fine, but now the file server, running Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia, slams my laptop into the deny list as soon as I try to SSH in to it.  And I don't (believe I have) automatic update enabled on either computer, and I certainly don't remember doing anything to the laptop or the server related to networking.  The laptop has an NFS connection to the file server - or it HAD before the blocking!


The file server has no problem ssh-ing to the laptop (no surprise there, of course).


Initially I thought it was some problem with port 161, but I added that (and the laptop IP address!) in to the portsenty ignore file, and it still got flagged.


It isn't in hosts.deny, nor is it in the portsentry bad guys list.


I looked (find /etc -type f -print0|xargs -0 egrep <laptopIPaddr>') on the file server:

Tue Jul 09 14:02:30 RustyC ~ $ cat /tmp/finding.laptop
/etc/portsentry/portsentry.ignore.static:myLaptopIP
/etc/portsentry/portsentry.ignore:myLaptopIP
/etc/portsentry/portsentry.ignore.static~:myLaptopIP
Tue Jul 09 14:05:59 RustyC ~ $

(I hacked the local IP to the string 'myLaptopIP'.  What is actually there is the actual IP addr).


So, I removed (uninstalled) portsentry from the file server, rebooted, and tried again.  Still blocked!  Waited about a day, still blocked.  So, I changed the IP address of the laptop - the server blocks the laptop!

Just for fun, I changed my laptop's IP again and tried mounting the file server via NFS, without doing anything else (no attempt to ssh, etc) - blocked, as far as I can tell.  BUT!  I can still ping the file server from the laptop!

Checked iptables - NOTHING in any table on the server.  I'm totally stumped, and about to re-install Linux on both the Laptop and the file server.  (One of these days I hope to get time to fool with AI for this kind of thing, but haven't yet had the time...)

Does anyone have any ideas?  Thanks!

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