[NBLUG/talk] Can't ssh to Ubuntu using PuTTY

[Nat W.]

First thing that would be a good idea is to run the following command on the
Linux box: 

ps -ax | grep ssh

You should see something like this:

5513 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd

If you don't see anything, there is a high chance sshd isn't running. 

If it isn't fist just try running 

sudo apt-get install ssh

this will install the client and server. The ssh config files are in
/etc/ssh/

The only other thing I can think of other than that is that you are using a
firewall that is blocking port 22. 

/Nat 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at nblug.org [mailto:talk-bounces at nblug.org] On Behalf Of
> Roger House
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:54 PM
> To: Talk at NBLUG
> Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Can't ssh to Ubuntu using PuTTY
> 
> I'm a Linux newbie who recently installed Ubuntu desktop on an older PC.
> The installation was essentially trival, and so far I'm having a lot of
> fun with Linux.  However, I have run into one issue which I haven't been
> able to resolve via books and Google.  The Linux machine and a Windows
> machine are both hooked up to a router which provides Internet access via
> DSL.  I can access the Internet just fine from both machines.  However,
> when I try to use PuTTY on the Windows machine to ssh to the Linux machine
> I get "PuTTY Fatal error:  Network error:  Connection refused".  On the
> Linux machine itself I tried "ssh localhost" and got the message
> "connect to host localhost port 22:  Connection refused".  I am assuming
> that some config file somewhere is not allowing remote logins, but I
> have been unable to track this down.  Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Roger House
> 
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