Hello, new to the unix world. I can telnet into the host but getting connection refused when trying to ssh. I'm guessing I need to enable a function but not sure what it is.

What version of HP-UX? Run "uname -a" and it will show you.

Is the secure shell package installed? Run "swlist |grep -i "secure shell"" to see. This is the package that has sshd (ssh daemon) in it.

Is sshd running? Run "ps -ef |grep sshd" to check.

If Secure Shell is installed and sshd isn't running you ought to be able to start it by running "/sbin/init.d/secsh start".

If that starts it you should check /sbin/rc?.d for links back to that file. Chances are they aren't there which is why it didn't start automatically. On an HP-UX 11.11 system the links I have are:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 18 Jan 21 2005 /sbin/rc1.d/K393secsh -> /sbin/init.d/secsh
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 18 Jan 21 2005 /sbin/rc2.d/S393secsh -> /sbin/init.d/secsh
(The K link stops secure shell on shutdown in run level 1 and the S link starts it on boot in run level 2.)

Once you have sshd running you should really think about disabling telnet and ftp access (and likely rlogin/rexec) because they are insecure transport mechanisms. Of course you'd want to verify nothing in your environment was relying upon them before you turned them off.

I am running 11.11, looks like I do not have that installed. Looks like I need to install the software. FYI I have never set up a depot.

If you can locate the application CD it is on you can mount the CD then use swinstall to select the CD as your source for the install.

Thank you, I have located the apps cd. When I run swinstall I see the products on the cd. Is there a way to select secure ssh?

On one of my systems swlist shows it as:
T1471AA A.04.00.000 HP-UX Secure Shell
You may have an earlier or later version depending on the CD. Truth to tell its been so long since I installed from a CD that I don't really remember. (I do have a depot on one of my servers that we swcopy'd the packages into long ago.)

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Thank you.