I'm trying to use putty to login into my linux os created in VMware. When I try to ssh to the server from another server on the same subnet it works fine. It also works fine when logging in straight through VMware. I would appreciate some advice on logging into the server using putty, and not having to go on another server on the segment and sshing over.

Hi,

How to ssh using putty :
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/help/handouts/putty.html

It sounds like you do not have any routing on the box. Do you have a default gateway?

that is not useful, and does not relate to the question.

Agreement with ACID*. Issue is networking, not putty.

Not a VMWare player, but VBOX has options for NAT, local, or bridged networking. <br>
With bridged you can pick up an address using dhcp, etc, as if you were a stand-alone box on the network: making running of services and connection from external easier.<br>
With NAT you cannot easily connect to any services on the VM from external without setting forwarding rules on the host: nasty. Even more difficult with local networking only: really nasty.

Check your network settings and consider, the get back to us. We may be able to be more help.

The networking is configured. I am able to ssh to other servers on the network from the linux vm. I modified all the necessary files:
/etc/hosts
/etc/defaultrouter
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/resolv.conf
etc.

Any ideas? Should I talk with the networking team about a possible firewall issue? The only thing is when I create a Solaris machine I'm able to ssh into the server using putty with no issue.

"networking is configured" really isn't helpful. As above, do you have a suitable default route on the system?