sshd starts but won't accept connections?

I recently installed sshd (using ssh-host-config and cygrunsrv) on an up-to-date cygwin on which the ssh client works. sshd starts, but when I try to access the cygwin sshd from other boxes on the LAN, their known-good ssh clients hang. How to fix? Details: The cygwin box runs winxp sp3 and is

Re: sshd starts but won't accept connections?

On 3/5/2010 11:10 AM, Tom Roche wrote: So how to to make sshd on the cygwin box accept connections? Sounds like a firewall is getting in the way. Have you configured the firewall on your Windows machine to allow 'sshd' to use the port you've configured? -- Larry Hall

Re: sshd starts but won't accept connections?

Larry Hall (Cygwin reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin.com writes: So how to to make sshd on the cygwin box accept connections? Sounds like a firewall is getting in the way. Agreed. ssh -v or ssh -vv on the client may give you more information. On the server, try 'netstat -nabo | grep -A1

Re: sshd starts but won't accept connections?

Tom Roche 3/5/2010 11:10 AM how to to make sshd on the cygwin box accept connections? Larry Hall (Cygwin) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:36:43 -0500 Have you configured the firewall on your Windows machine to allow 'sshd' to use the port you've configured? Andrew Schulman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:11:16