Aha! SSH server wasn't running. (To be honest, I didn't appreciate
fully its role in all this.)
After exploring a little further, all is now well.
Thanks to all who responded so promptly!
Chris
On 29/06/2012, Paul Stimpson <paul@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> "Chris. Aubrey-Smith" <cas194@???> wrote:
>
>>Hi, all! Can anyone help?
>>
>
>>
>>I'm now trying to use rsync, but every variation on the command
>>provokes the same response:
>>
>>ssh: connect to host S50 port 22: Connection refused
>>rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far)
>>[sender]
>>rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7]
>>
>>If I try from 'the other end' it's exactly the same.
>>
>>Unfamiliar territory for me: what am I missing?
>>
>>
>
> Are these machines on the same network or its this going over the public
> internet or a corporate LAN please?
>
> Are there any firewalls or routers in the way? Are the machines running the
> same distro and what is in the iptables rules please?
>
> If you go on the machine and try to ssh into itself with ssh 127.0.0.1 Does
> it work?
>
> Have you made sure that sshd is running and hasn't been disabled? What's in
> its .conf file? Has it been moved to a different port number for security?
> Does a netstat show the port as open? Is there anything in dmesg or
> /var/log/messages about it starting or failing to? Does any complaint get
> written in either of these places when your connection gets refused? If you
> have multiple network interfaces in the machine, is it bound to the right
> one with the correct IP address?
>
> Is the SSH authentication method you want to use enabled in the SSH Config?
> If you are using keys, have you added the correct key to the right user's
> authorized keys file?
>
> If sshd isn't permanently running, is inetd or xinetd set up to start it
> when someone hits port 22?
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
>
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