On Tue, 22 May 2001, Graham Vickrage wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have just installed the latest release of OpenSSH on my Linux server and
> puTTY on my win32 client and everything seemed to go OK.
>
> when I try to connect I get the message
>
> "Unable to open connection: Connection refused"
> Where do I start tracing the problem?
What are the entries on your log files on the server side? A
"connection refused" means that your ssh daemon is not running.
Try port scanning your server. Check for port 22 whether it is
closed or not. (Get nmap).
> I can connect to the server using standard telnet software, where am I going
> wrong?
Telnet is not related to ssh.
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