ssh, Re: free vs commercial

[Sam Watkins <swatkins@fastmail.fm>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 05:48:50PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
> True. However, if you ask a well-phrased question, provide relevant
> information, and show a willingness to learn and work with those who
> try to help you, the technical support on mailing lists like this is
> excellent.

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:58:32PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> My last three or so questions, on which I did my best job of phrasing
> and thinking, were ignored.

You should take this as a compliment - you have asked difficult
questions which no one was able to answer!  If no one responded to your
questions, it doesn't mean they were ignored, just that no one knew the
answer to them.

Are you still having trouble with ssh between your laptop and tower?
I didn't read that before as it was mentioned at the end of an email
about something I don't know about.  I can probably help you work out
what's wrong with ssh.

Is the port open, accessible from localhost on the tower? (telnet
127.0.0.1 22)

Is the port accessible from the laptop? (telnet tower 22)

Try ssh -v -v tower, does it output anything?

Are you using any kind of firewall?

Are the permissions on ~/.ssh correct, and are you using the ssh 2
protocol on both machines?

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