Hi Alex, sudo ufw allow ssh if your using ufw firewalls on both client and server. However my guess is that the problem is likely connected to password permissions, after exchanging keys.
The Ubuntu help documentation is very useful in this area : https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html John On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 17:01 +0000, Alexander Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, > but I am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server > 11.10. > > I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my > choice for remote access to servers). But how do I enable this remote > access -- when I try I get a message saying network connection > refused. > > Do I need to disable/configure a firewall? How would I do that? > > Hoping someone can assist. > > Best wishes, > > Alex > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
