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05-09-2007, 09:56 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2006
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PuTTy not connecting to RH 2.4.21-ELsmp
Trying to connect to a newly installed box using Putty but having message "Putty fatal error. Network Error: Connection timed. sshd is running on the machine. What do I have to configure on the Linux box?
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05-09-2007, 10:00 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2006
Distribution: BeOS, BSD, Caldera, CTOS, Debian, LFS, Mac, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, Solaris, SuSE
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Can you ping the Linux box? If the Linux box running SSH has a firewall running, make sure port 22 is open.
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05-10-2007, 03:39 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2006
Posts: 5
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Thanks bsdunix. Problem was with ports. Functioning fine now.
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