On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasque...@gmail.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 -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
