On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:56:30PM +0000, Stephen Garton wrote: > Hi Al, > > On 12/01/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 09:13:56AM +0000, Stephen Garton wrote: > > > On a box at home, I have ssh running on a non-specific high numbered > > > port. Is it possible to also have it (ssh) listen on port 22, but > > > limit it to computers on the local network? > > > > > > > Why also have it on 22? Why not just edit ~/.ssh/config and add a line like > > this:- > > > > Host box > > Port 2222 > > > > (or whatever the hostname and port number is) > > > > I do/did. When I had (continuing your example) Port 2222 on it's own > in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (please let me know if this is not the one I > should be using, as it is the one I have stored in my notes that are a > year or two old on how to use ssh!) Tomboy reported it couldn't > contact the host. >
I am talking about the client not the server. Put that line in ~/.ssh/config on the _client_ and that tells it what port the server uses. > > > The reason for asking is that I'd like to do things like synchronise > > > my tomboy notes over ssh, but there is nowhere in tomboy (that I can > > > find) to configure the port for the add-in. > > > > > > > I do the above for exactly this reason. > > > > Sorry, I think I'm lost. Will tomboy sync over ssh when a non-standard > port is used? > Yes. On my server I have /etc/ssh/sshd_config set to 2222, on my client I have ~/.ssh/config set to tell my client what port the server is on. Job done. It works. Cheers, Al. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
