Re: SSH: does it require portmapper and what hostname is it looking for?
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 09:25, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I'm trying to run ssh between two computers but I get:
>
> "connect to host port 22: Connection refused."
>
Have you made sure that the remote host is running sshd? If not, a
refused connection should be expected.
> I have portmapper turned off for security, but is it essential for ssh?
>
sshd doesnt require portmapper
> Also, what is the hostname I have to supply? The FQDN seems to be
> acampbell.org.uk but this is the same for both computers, which doesn't
> seem to be right.
the same for both computers? thats certainly not right. how did you
determine their hostnames?
if you know the ip of the remote machine, you could use that instead of
a hostname.
-davidc
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