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 -- 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/