Problem with SSHd [Still Prob]

[z0ny]

Hey, my post has been deleted! o_O Can you telnet to the box on port 22?

 

nothing deleted, just one mysql database moved to another with the resulting slight mismatch of active posts, next time i do this i'll shutdown the site properly so posts don't get lost. 

heres the original post from the other mysql..

 

Code:

Can you telnet on port 22 from the outside? Are you logged in as real root or did you use "su -" (check for the dash!) when running "iptables -nL"?

 

sorry about that, cheers anyweb

[znx]

Hey, my post has been deleted! o_O Can you telnet to the box on port 22?

 

Bah.. and I'll do it again.. ;)

 

You can create the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files if you want, although when they are missing all should be accepted iirc

[Oroshi]

ssh works fine on local machine but not remote one.

 

my /etc/ don't have hosts.allow & hosts.deny in it.

 

i emerge the telnet. but i have not got that running yet. but i'll test on telnet once i have time... tonight going out drinking and tomorrow going out drinking lol. Monday back to work.

 

I didn't have chance to try them today because my boss need me to do some extra work for him coz my bosses is having a break weekend :)

 

I don't trust telnet dry.gif coz of plain ASCII - however, i'll test the telnet but i will disable it after the test heh. I can't do it right now because i am at work laugh.gif Will try tonight... I don't have iptables installed, but will emerge it tonight and get it all sort.. 

I got alot of emerges to do laugh.gif i use slocate now. it better than locate and udatedb biggrin.gif

 

Thanks again and i hope to get it all sorting out. and inform u how it goes.

[anyweb]

Hey, my post has been deleted! blink.gif Can you telnet to the box on port 22?

 

sorry mate

 

happened just when i switched one database to the other

 

two machines running the same software. some posts were left on one,

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[znx]

I don't trust telnet coz of plain ASCII

 

indeed telnet is a foolish plain text protocol, but its not what z0ny is suggesting, he is suggesting telneting to the ssh port to see if its open.

 

the telnet/netcat commands are great for simple network testing.. and not just open ports but to see if a server is in fact doing the right thing..

 

Test a proxy

Code:

# telnet PROXY 8080
...
GET http://www.site.com/  HTTP/1.1
...

 

Test a mail server

Code:

# telnet SMTPSERVER 25
....
quit
....

 

 

etc etc anything that uses plain text protocols (irc ;))