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From:	wbp AT nodomain DOT invalid (Will Parsons)
Subject:	Re: can't connect to ssh server on windows xp
Date:	Fri, 1 Jul 2005 15:25:01 +0000 (UTC)
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René Berber wrote:
> Yu-Cheng Chou wrote:
> 
>> I installed sshd as a system service on windows xp,
>> but I can't connect to this ssh server through ssh.
>> The firewall has been turned off. 
> 
> By that you mean an external firewall?
> 
>> The sshd is listening to port 22.
>> But when I tried to connect to this server, the error
>> message below occurred.
>> 
>> ssh: connect to host mouse1 port 22: Connection refused
>> 
>> Any idea to fix that?
> 
> If the answer to my above question is yes, then you have to enable sshd use of
> port 22 on Windows XP's own firewall.  Otherwise, I don't know, but "connection
> refused" means something is listening on that port and refusing connections so

I think "connection refused" is the message you get when *nothing* is
listening on the port.

> you should start by looking out what is listening there (netstat -ba | grep
> ssh), if it is Cygwin's sshd then check your configuration /etc/sshd_config .
> 
- Will


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