Both of those seem like traffic routing(network/firewall) issues to me... Can you ping each machine from the other on the ssh port(23, I think)? Thanks | おおきに / ありがとう | Kiitos | Merci | Gracias | Obrigada | Grazie | 谢谢 | Danke | Wado | спасибо, 賢進ジェンナ「Kenshin, Jenna」
"You should be as alive as you can until you're totally dead!" - Dylan Moran 2025年12月10日 8:40 差出人: [email protected]: > It's been a very long time since I last set up ssh on a new host. I've > forgotten the sequence to correct all errors and no longer have PLUG > messages or other docs on resolving issues. > > Now I'm trying to get scp bi-directional connections between the desktop and > the laptop. The desktop currently runs 14.2 (to be upgraded to 15.0 when I > get ssh working on the laptop) and the laptop runs a fully patched 15.0, > > From the desktop: > $ scp .ssh/* caddis:.ssh/ > ssh: connect to host caddis port nnnnn: No route to host > lost connection > > From the laptop: > scp salmo:.ssh/* .ssh/ > ssh: connect to host salmo port nnnnn: Connection refused > scp: Connection closed > > Many Slackware versions ago I had a doc with all steps in installing and > configuring SSH. That's gone and probably long out of date. > > Should I run ssh-keygen on the desktop, laptop, both? If so, what's the next > step to connect the two hosts? > > TIA, > > Rich >
