Typically you'll not have direct access from the Internet, but instead be hitting some sort of router/firewall running NAT as the 'target' end. Unless you've specifically setup the mapping (aka "pinhole") of the 22/ssh to the internal box's ssh/22, you will be trying to logon to the router/firewall's ssh/22.
This *might* be your problem... - steve On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 13:14, Don Gould wrote: > I have a box that I can ssh to and log on as root when I'm on the internal > lan but the second I try to log on as root from outside the network > (internet connection) it says my password is not valid. > > OS: RH9 > > Is this a normal thing? Is there something I might have over looked? > > Cheers Don > ========================================================= This e-mail has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal
