SSH network question

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon Mar 10 01:50:06 UTC 2008


On Sunday 09 March 2008, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>Jim wrote:
>> I'am trying to connect to a server on the internet using ssh-x, I have
>> IP, passwords, but I can't connect to server.
>> The server can connect to my box , with my IP  using ssh -x
>> SSHD is running on my box, my router is setup to do all 'ssh' to my box.
>> SSHD is runing on server.
>> When I do ssh -x to server it just times-out, no error messages.
>> What network command can I use to see if 'ssh' is even getting to server
>> from my box.
>> I can ssh -x from this box to another server with no problems.
>> I have 'root' access to server, what can I check there? the server is
>> connected to a DSL AT&T black box. no router.
>> Both my box and server is Fedora 8.
>
>Irrelevant, but shouldn't it be "ssh -y" now?

ssh -Y now.

>In any case, I would try "ssh -v" or "ssh -v -v"
>to get more information.
>Maybe you have a firewall running on the server
>that does not allow ssh connection?
>
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