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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

[solved] sshd won't accept connections from the internet:

If I try to connect to my ssh server locally (via 192.168.x.x), no problem.  When I try to connect to it from an outside connection via dynamic IP from the internet, it refuses to connect.  Here is how it goes (note - censored):

[max@pwn ~]$ ssh -l root xxx.xxx.xxx
root@xxx.xxx.xxx's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
root@xxx.xxx.xxx's password:

And this isn't necessarily because I'm trying to login as root.  It does the same thing with normal accounts too.  I have port 22 open and forwarded to the appropriate IP on my router's firewall too, not to be obvious.

What to do?

Last edited by synthead (2008-01-08 18:28:18)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [solved] sshd won't accept connections from the internet:

Check the server's logs for more details.

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: [solved] sshd won't accept connections from the internet:

Oh gosh, it works.  It just wouldn't allow me to connect via the dynamic IP when I was already on the network anyway.  Connected from work just a second ago.   But thank you so much for your help!