On Wed, 10 Dec 2025, Ben Koenig wrote:
If this were a key or authorization issue you would get a different error.
Connection refused is networking related. Either it can't find the host or
is attempting to connect on the wrong port.
Check .ssh/config and your /etc/hosts file for any lingering hostnames or
ip addresses
Ben,
From desktop's /etc/hosts:
192.168.55.1 salmo.appl-ecosys.com salmo mail # older desktop
192.168.55.2 caddis.appl-ecosys.com caddis # Lenovo ThinkPad T430
From desktop's .ssh/config:
Host appl-ecosys.com
HostName appl-ecosys.com
User rshepard
Port NNNNN
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
Thanks,
Rich
