X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: SSHD Problems Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:25:16 +0200 Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <20080605233804.GA9068@vmzoo.zooid.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com * (Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:38:04 -0400) > Hi, I'm having problems setting up sshd using cygwin on my windows xp > machine. I've run out of ideas, so if anyone can suggest troubleshooting > tips or any other kind of help, I'd really appreciate it. > > I've installed sshd to run as a windows service. I can ssh to localhost > or 127.0.0.1, but attempts to ssh to my external IP address return > 'connection refused' error messages. I've tried from a remote machine > with the same results. > > I have tried turning off the windows firewall and connecting the > computer directly to the modem (to avoid the router), but still get the > same error. > > I have Windows XP SP3. I've created a firewall exception for port 22 and > forwarded port 22 on the router (but get the same results even without > these in the picture). I have also tried listing my externalIP address > as a 'ListenAddress' in the sshd_config file. Make sure that sshd actually listens on this address (netstat). Also look into the event logs and /var/log/ssh (or similar). Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/