can't access computer remotely
 

hi all, i'm not new to using linux but am fairly new to running it, and that's a whole new ball of wax let me tell you :)

i'm running debian lenny and i can't seem to ssh to my box, or pull up my index.html from outside my home network. i can access the index.html from my laptop on the same network. haven't tried ssh from the laptop.

i'm assuming there's something simple in my config that i need to adjust, like perhaps the firewall. but i'm so new i'm not really sure where to start. i'm at work right now so i can't post needed info until i get home, but i do have the output from ifconfig in my email if that would help. if anything else is needed, please let me know and i will post it when i get home.

thanks!

first try
ps -A |grep sshd
to determine if the ssh server is running.
if it isnt try
/etc/intt.d/sshd restart (as root)
and see if that fixes the problem..

if not post your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file here and we will see what we can do

thanks..

i will try that when i get home, but i seem to remember checking to make sure sshd was running when i was trying to figure this out a few days ago.

and sshd wouldn't have anything to do with the index.html not coming up, would it?

if it's important i'm using apache web server.

what commands would i use to check out my firewall settings? or where would the config file be if there is one?

thanks again!

check if your firewall is open for http and ssh

Some thoughts:

Some providers block ports under 1024
Does your router has a build in firewall?

thanks repo.. how would i find this out?

perhaps look at the site from your provider or call the helpdesk

login on the router and take a look

Hi,

I suggest that you look at 'LAMP'. A lot of useful information on how you need to setup your server if you want web development. A good setup procedure if you just want web services.

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