Allowing for incoming ssh

InsaneBob · 04-11-2003, 08:03 PM

How do i config my firewall to allow incoming ssh. Whenever i try to access my linux box through ssh the connection always times out.

iceman47 · 04-11-2003, 08:05 PM

how about telling us what distro you're using and what firewall you're running?

InsaneBob · 04-11-2003, 08:14 PM

whoops
im using the latest redhat, redhat 9, and i have no idea what firewall im using.

iceman47 · 04-11-2003, 08:34 PM

run lokkit, it's a very easy program for configuring iptables

InsaneBob · 04-11-2003, 09:13 PM

I used that lokkit but it never seems to save the changes. I go back in and everything was back to the way it was.

Crashed_Again · 04-11-2003, 09:16 PM

Check your /etc/hosts.deny file to see if you are denying access to ssh from there. If everything is in order there then flush all your iptables rules by doing:

iptables -F

InsaneBob · 04-11-2003, 10:47 PM

ssh wasn't in /etc/hosts.deny and i flushed my iptables but still nothing

Crashed_Again · 04-11-2003, 11:28 PM

Okay so here is a real dumb question:

Is the sshd service running?

Do a:

netstat -l

thats a lowercase L, to see if ssh is listening.

InsaneBob · 04-12-2003, 01:52 AM

maxspeed · 04-12-2003, 02:19 AM

ssh doesn't allow incoming connections to anything outside of your network by default so youll have to edit the

/etc/ssh/sshd_config file. I think all you have to do is uncomment the listen port 22 or something like that.

InsaneBob · 04-12-2003, 12:31 PM

Is that 'Port 22' or 'Listen Port 22' because i have the 'Port 22' but not the 'Listen Port 22'?

InsaneBob · 04-12-2003, 01:44 PM

Port 22 is commented though