Hi all, this my first post

I want to connect via ssh using a pc inside the network, but "Access denied". Tried both with root and user login both of them getting the same message.

Any suggestion what should I do to enable the connection? Thanks.

What are you typing to try and log on? Are both machines GNU/Linux machines?

im using a program Putty on Windows XP machine trying to connect to my mail server, redhat fedora core 2

Hi and welcome to LQ.

Is your firewall configured to allow ssh connections and is the ssh daemon running on the server?

ty reddazz for the welcome,

yes the firewall is on and block ssh, but i dont think it is due to firewall because i tried to connect from internal network (not so sure though)

for ssh daemon, how can i check and disable ssh? thanks

The firewall must be configured to allow ssh

sshd must be running

Could check the webserver to see if sshd is listening on port 22..

If you understand the iptables/firewall rules, then check if ssh is allowed to the internal networks, otherwise please copy us the iptables/firewall rules.

iptables -L will list the rules for you

an output like this one means there are no rules defines so the firewall is not blocking anything





general query.. was fedora using selinux in core 2 ? if so could this be cause by a policy set in selinux ? I really need to play with selinux sometime in the near future to become familiar with it and it's policies..

hi all, many thanks for the replies

i have edit sshd_conf file in /etc/ssh

below what i changed
PermitRootLogin yes
AllowUsers myuseraccount

after restart the service i manage to login from user , but still Access Denied using root


From the server desktop environment under Systems Setting => Security Level, I have enable SSH and restart, still the same, and i doubt this has any effect at all

From my windows pc, using internet explorer i can browse the firewall settings (we using Symantec firewall) with Admin login and can see that SSH and port 22 is allowed.

Below is what i capture from iptables -L , but im not sure what does it mean =/

[root@mail root]# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
[root@mail root]#

using nestat command i get this

[root@mail root]# netstat -alnp | grep ::22
tcp 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 2599/sshd

but we dont have a webserver we only use it for mail server



should i change anything in this iptable? thanks. reason i want to enable root login so that i can access it from my house

Many apps disable remote logins by root for security reasons. Its usually recommended that you login as a normal user and then switch to root using su.

yes you are rite after doing some reading i realise i shuldnt use root to ssh from my house, i can consider my problem is solved because i manage to connect as user then twitch to root using su root command

anyhow im still a bit concern to know if i really want to do a ssh to root from internal or even external network, what settings should i change (just for my knowledge), is it the iptable?