Re: (not) starting sshd

[Steve Holdoway]

Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

linux:~ # ssh 127.0.0.1
ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 22: Connection refused
   


You mean sshd is actually running, but doesn't want to let you log in?
That's an entirely different situation.
 

That's the message you get when no process is listening to that port. 
Try ssh -p 1234 localhost on your machine.