Re: Can't SSH in to my machine from off site

[Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>]

Is a firewall employed on either end of the system? Is the firewall
allowing port 22 connections?

regards,
Robert

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:56:10 -0800
Chuk Goodin <chukgoodin@gmail.com> wrote:

> > >http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid
> > >=248641
> > >
> > >
> > >>Does anyone have any suggestions about things I
> > >>might have overlooked?
> > >>Attempts to connect just timeout with no response.
> 
> > >#nmap [external_ip]
> PORT  STATE  SERVICE
> 22/tcp  open     ssh
> 
> > >you can see if sshd is listen on that interface!!
> > >
> > >
> > Or just do netstat -a | less
> > 
> > Look to see if you've got a line saying *:ssh  *:*  LISTEN
> 
> *:ssh    *:*          LISTEN
> 
> is what netstat gives me.