KPackage cannot connect to localhost port 22

[Never you mind]

On 12/05/2006, at 7:35 PM, Robin Atwood wrote:

> On Friday 12 May 2006 12:18, Never you mind wrote:
>>
>> On 11/05/2006, at 11:22 PM, Robin Atwood wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday 11 May 2006 11:22, Never you mind wrote:
>>>> On 11/05/2006, at 1:11 AM, Justin Denick wrote:
>>>>> Some boxes don't allow root to gain ssh access. Smart idea in my
>>>>> opinon.
>>>>
>>>> Right. I can see what your saying. It's a bit annoying that KPackage
>>>> throws an error instead of providing an informational response, eg,
>>>> "Access denied. Configure sshd on this machine to allow root access
>>>> via
>>>> SSH protocol".
>>>>
>>>>> Look at the sshd.conf file and comment out the line preventing root
>>>>> ssh access.
>>>>
>>>> I can see /etc/ssh/sshd_config. I set PermitRootLogin to 'yes' and
>>>> uncommented it.
>>>
>>> Can you 'ssh root at localhost' from a console?
>>
>> No, I can't
>>
>>> If not, have you got 'sshd:
>>> LOCAL' in '/etc/hosts.allow'?
>>
>> The first line of /etc/hosts.allow says:
>>
>> ALL : ALL : allow
>>
>> that should cover  it shouldn't it?
>
> I would have thought so. Port 22 blocked by iptables? Try 'iptables -L 
> -v'.
> Also when you try to login, check /var/log/messages and 
> /var/log/secure (or
> equivalent on your distro).

I don't have iptables, it doesn't seem to be in ports either. I'm 
running FreeBSD.

malcolm

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