Can't Connect via SSH using Lenny as a server

AKStorch · 01-25-2011, 10:28 AM

Hi

I am very new to Debian coming from CentOS. I am setting up a server for a customer. I can't SSH to it nor can I get to the port for the 3ware Disk Admin. I have checked this forum and tried:

Flushing the iptable
verifying sshd is running
verifying inetd is running

I can PING the server and I can PING yahoo from the server.

Help?

Thanks

AlucardZero · 01-25-2011, 10:37 AM

What is SSHd listening on? (netstat -nap | grep LISTEN.*sshd)
Do you have a firewall in place? (iptables -L)
Is this behind a hardware firewall such as a commercial router?

Dutch Master · 01-25-2011, 10:38 AM

Debian doesn't install the ssh server by default. Install the appropriate packages if you haven't done so. If these are installed, check, if multiple NIC's are available, if you try to connect to the right one. Check also for SELinux components/policies, these may also get in your way... (especially if the machine is re-installed from an RH based system, having stale config files left over)

To give your customer a headstart, consider upgrading to Squeeze, the upcoming Stable, to be released as such next month.

AKStorch · 01-25-2011, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

What is SSHd listening on? (netstat -nap | grep LISTEN.*sshd)

server responded with nothing

Quote:

Do you have a firewall in place? (iptables -L)

no

Quote:

Is this behind a hardware firewall such as a commercial router?

no. the computer and the Lenny server are both on the private 192.x.x.x office network

repo · 01-25-2011, 11:04 AM

Quote:

server responded with nothing

Start/install the sshd on the server.

Kind regards

AKStorch · 01-25-2011, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Start/install the sshd on the server.

Kind regards

This worked:

apt-get install openssh-server

sooooooo I gues my question is why did it not install initially?

repo · 01-25-2011, 12:06 PM

Quote:

sooooooo I gues my question is why did it not install initially?

As Dutch Master said,
By default Debian does NOT install the ssh server if you start with just a base install of the OS.

Kind regards