On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a laptop with FreeBSD -current, > with ip address assigned via DHCP. > The laptop has neither a static ip address, > nor a domain. > > I can ping the laptop fine, but cannot > ssh into it. The sshd is running, /etc/ssh/ssd_config > seems fine, /etc/hosts.allow is fine. > However, /etc/hosts is just the default: > > # > ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > # > > Is it the lack of a domain that prevents > me from getting ssh access? > I try to ssh with just a dynamic ip address, > for which ping seems to work fine. > Or is the problem somewhere else? > > I'm not even sure I'm asking the right > questions. > > Thanks > > Anton First, check what ports SSH listens on: sockstat | grep ssh Then, assuming SSH indeed listens on *:22 , check if you have a firewall running that could be preventing packets from reaching your box. By the way, do you get a login prompt at all, over SSH, or just a plain timeout or connection reset ? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
