ssh: port 22: connection refuused

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 12:32:18PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> On 5/6/2010 12:21 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
> > 
> > can anybody help me with ne of my last problems: getting ssh Into
> > my new comuter?  i am able to ssh outside.  need to scp my config
> > files over.
> > 
> > sshd is running on "zen"
> > 
> > 
> 
> This generally involves two or three steps:
> 
> 1) Make sure /etc/rc.conf has this in it:
> 
>    sshd_enable="YES"

	Yes; this was my first try.  no diff.
> 
> 2) Make sure /etc/hosts.allow permits access
>    to your machine via ssh.  Something like this:
> 
>      sshd: 192.168. a_host-name.com an.ip.add.ress  :ALLOW
> 
>    Some people do this:
> 
>      sshd: ALL :ALLOW
> 
>    That's fine if the machine sits on a trusted LAN, but I don't
>    much like this for machines that are internet-facing ... it
>    just provides another vector for attack.  So, for such machines,
>    I explicitly name the address and names that are permitted ssh access.

	ok. itried this; have not rebooted yet.  no difference right
	now.

> 
> 3) If you're running a firewall, make sure that the sshd ports
>    (22/tcp and 22/udp) are open for those machines/addresses
>    you want to connect into your FreeBSD box.
> 


	i'm runnning a pfSense computer; pretty sure that things are
	sett correctly there.

> 
> If you are still having trouble,  go to the client machine
> and invoke your session like this:
> 
>   ssh -vvvvv your_freebsd_machine
> 

	the files in /etc/ssh were the first thing i thought of
	editing.  didn't see many differences between rel 8.0 and my 
	current 7.3.  still, here is the verbose output.


pl 14:20 <tao> [5036] ssh zen
ssh: connect to host zen port 22: Connection refused
pl 14:20 <tao> [5037] ssh -vvvv zen
OpenSSH_5.1p1 FreeBSD-20080901, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to zen [10.47.0.190] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 10.47.0.190 port 22: Connection
refused
ssh: connect to host zen port 22: Connection refused
pl 14:22 <tao> [5038]                        

	any idea what the ``needpriv 0'' means?



> It will barf out a bunch of interesting information about why the connection
> isn't working that may help you figure out what's going on.
> 
> Happy Trails,
> 
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