From: Josef Lowder <j...@actionline.com>
> Matt Graham wrote:
>> First thing I'd check is the iptables rulesets.
> How does one "check the iptables rulesets"?

iptables -L .  And then looking at the output for anything dumb.

>> "pgrep sshd" returns a PID, right? If it doesn't, there's your
>> problem right there.
> How does one deetermine if "sshd is listening"?

netstat -a will tell you which processes are listening on which
ports.

> pgrep sshd gives no response.
> so what does that mean?  and how can I fix that?

That means sshd is not running, and the solution is obvious:
Restart sshd.

> This scp worked a year ago when I tried it and I've made
> no changes in this system since ... so what's next?

No changes in a year?  What?  Don't you keep the system updated?

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