[SOLVED] Connecting to debian server with putty

konzo · 07-22-2010, 04:19 AM

Hi all,

I want to connect to my debian server through putty, but only i got is the message - Network error: connection refused. I try with different setting on the server and in putty, but there is no effect.

Here are my settings:
- for the serveer i use
http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap15sec122.html

Code:

          Port 22
          # listen address i changed to accept all addresses
          ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
          HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
          ServerKeyBits 1024
          LoginGraceTime 600
          KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
          PermitRootLogin no
          IgnoreRhosts yes
          IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
          StrictModes yes
          X11Forwarding no
          PrintMotd yes
          SyslogFacility AUTH
          LogLevel INFO
          RhostsAuthentication no
          RhostsRSAAuthentication no
          RSAAuthentication yes
          PasswordAuthentication yes
          PermitEmptyPasswords no
          AllowUsers konzo

- on putty
konzo@**.**.***.**
on port 22
and ssh selected

i have no /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key file and try to comment it but with no success.
All other lines at the config file was commented.

Anyone help?

Web31337 · 07-22-2010, 04:48 AM

Connection refused means you didn't start sshd ( run /etc/init.d/ssh start ) or it doesn't start properly, check your error logs then, if you see an error from running the above command.

konzo · 07-22-2010, 05:24 AM

For anyone with the same problem:
I installed openssh
apt-get install openssh-server
and after that it is ok. Thanks for the reply, Web31337. Seems by default ssh is not installed on debian distr. I previously used slackware and there it was installed.