Re: ssh port not opening
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 17:44:00 +0000, John O Laoi wrote:
> Hello,
> I am running etch on a dell laptop.
> I recently installed ssh:
> aptitude install ssh
> and started it:
> /etc/init.d/ssh start
> yet when I look for open ports with nmap localhost, port 22 is not open.
> When I run
> # ps -e | grep ssh
> I get
> 3450 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
>
> # ps aux | grep ssh
> john 3450 0.0 0.0 4132 692 ? Ss 09:24 0:00
> /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session
> x-session-manager
> root 22026 0.0 0.0 2852 712 pts/0 S+ 17:43 0:00 grep ssh
Your sshd is not running; it should be listed at least once in the ps
output.
> However, I cannot ssh into my host.
> The contents of /etc/default/ssh is
>
> # cat /etc/default/ssh
>
> # Default settings for openssh-server. This file is sourced by /bin/sh from
> # /etc/init.d/ssh.
>
> # Options to pass to sshd
> SSHD_OPTS=
>
> Any clues?
Do you get any error message when you try to start /etc/init.d/ssh? Is
there anything in /var/log/daemon.log? Does the sshd-blocking file
/etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run exist on your system?
> Also, how do I check the status of a service?
> On SUSE, I used
> /etc/init.d/service-name status
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