[X-Unix] SSH connection

[SeaSoft Systems]

>From: Ted <tlanden at mac.com>
>
>Firewall on ibook needs to be open...
>
>System Preferences - Sharing - Firewall tab ... Check Remote Login-
>SSH and click start.
>
>

Thanks Ted, but that didn't help. I've now tried it both ways (ibook 
firewall on *and*  off) with the same result ("connect to host 
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22: Connection refused")

As an aside: What you say is a little counterintuitive to me; it 
would seem to imply that if the OSX ibook firewall is *off* that the 
system would block some ports, at the very least port 22. Is that 
actually the case? I would have thought that if the firewall was off 
that everything would get in.

In any case, thanks for the suggestion. Much appreciated.

Richard

>On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:16 PM, SeaSoft Systems wrote:
>
>>  I am trying to SSH into a remote computer for the first time
>>  (specifically my computer-phobic aunt's new iBook in another state;
>>  I'm on a 10.3.8 machine)
>>
>>  I got her to read me her DHCP-assigned IP over the phone, and to
>>  turn on remote login in her system/sharing prefs. Had her reboot
>>  her system & then reconfirm remote login to be sure it took.
>>
>>  So far, I haven't been able to ssh into her computer (ssh says port
>>  22 connection refused). It may be I don't know what I am doing
>>  here, but I've read the ssh manpage & think I'm doing it correctly.
>>  I'm just typing, in a bash terminal window:
>>
>>  ssh username at xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>
>>  where I am using the correct username (I've tried both long and
>>  short user names here) and IP number.
>>
>>  I expected to be prompted for her admin password, but so far the
>>  connection is refused before that can happen.
>>
>>
>>  Diagnostics:
>>
>>  - I can ping her ip (avg round trip around 80 ms)
>>
>>  - The OS X firewall on the remote computer is disabled
>>
>>  - There is no other firewall on the remote computer
>>
>>  - I called tech support to see if they were blocking any ports at
>>  the server; they claim not.
>>
>>  - I have the correct user name, short user name, and password
>>  (which I assigned on a Thanksgiving visit to her house).
>>
>>  I'm looking for ideas on what to try next...