uni directional ssh -

[Bob Goodwin]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> I have two F7 computers on my LAN.  Box7 will ssh into box6 but box6 can
>> not ssh into box7?
>> I use Firestarter, have tried stopping it in both computers to no avail.
>>
>> Box6 will ping box7 but will not connect.
>>
>> ssh box7
>> ssh: connect to host box7 port 22: Connection refused
>>
>> ping box7 -c3
>> PING box7 (192.168.1.7) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from box7 (192.168.1.7): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.615 ms
>> 64 bytes from box7 (192.168.1.7): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.267 ms
>> 64 bytes from box7 (192.168.1.7): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.264 ms
>>
>> --- box7 ping statistics ---
>> 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms
>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.264/0.382/0.615/0.164 ms
>>
>> The symptoms with sftp are similar as might be expected.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> Bob Goodwin
>>
>>     
> I would first make sure sshd is running on Box 7:
> service sshd status
>
> If it is, then take a look at /etc/ssh/sshd_config - check for an
> uncommented ListenAddress option.
>
> You can also check the logs on Box7 to see if there is anything
> there from sshd...
>
> Mikkel
>   
sshd was not running!  I won't miss that one again.

Thanks to all.

Bob Goodwin