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Subject: Re: About ssh
From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter AT googlemail DOT com>
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Javier Vasquez
<j DOT e DOT vasquez DOT v AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm able to perform:
>
> % ssh localhost
>
> From cygwing.  But I'm unable to perform:
>
> % ssh <IP_addr>
>
> I always get:
>
> --
> ssh: connect to host 192.168.2.103 port 22: Connection timed out
> --
>
> The client works well hooking to a remote machine:
>
> % ssh <remote_user>@<remote_IP_addr>
>
> Works just fine from cygwin.  But once in the remote machine, I'm
> unable to perform:
>
> % ssh <win_user>@<win_IP_addr>
>
> It returns the same time out error, but it lasts a longer to return it.
>
> I've even add c:\cygwing64\usr\bin\sshd as an allowed application on
> the windows firewall settings (for private net only).  As that didn't
> work, I also added new rules (for both TCP and UDP) to allow incoming
> connections on port 22.  That didn't help either.
>
> I've tried as well to set UsePrivilegeSeparation to no.  But that was
> of no help either.
>
> I'm totally clueless now.
>
> I've followed several howtos like:
>
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/install.121/e22624/preinstall_req_cygwin_ssh.htm
> http://superuser.com/questions/445237/cygwin-ssh-server-is-not-accepting-connections
> http://windows.microsoft.com/is-is/windows7/open-a-port-in-windows-firewall
> http://lifehacker.com/205090/geek-to-live--set-up-a-personal-home-ssh-server
> http://www.noah.org/ssh/cygwin-sshd.html
>
> The only caveat on the 1st link is that I couldn't remove the
> "win_user", and then regenerate it as local user, cause:
>
> --
> mkpasswd -l –u <win_user>
> --
>
> Returns nothing on me.  So I can't append its output to /etc/passwd
>
> But that didn't seem to prevent being able to connect to localhost any
> ways.  So it doesn't seem to be an issue.
>
> BTW, the service is running OK according to windows "local services".
>
> Another caveat is that I didn't install cygwin for all users, just to
> the myself (<win_user>).  That didn't prevent the service to run,
> neither it prevent me from ssh to localhost.
>
> Any hints on how to enable sshd to receive connections?

Did you actually start it?  You can verify with "netstat -an" that
something is listening on port 22 as a first quick check.

Kind regards

robert


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