ssh newbie

[hfaix]

Ok, I'm new to ssh. I have installed zlib, ssl, and ssh on two AIX 5.3 ML2 lpars and it appears to be running just fine. The problem is when I try to connect to my servers through putty it fails to connect, or when I ssh from one lpar to the other I get

ssh: connect to host myhostname port 22: Connection refused

Maybe my commands are wrong. I'm trying "ssh hostname" and "slogin hostname" .... neither works

What am I missing?

 

[Mag0007]

is sshd running on the server?

do

telnet server.ip.address 22

see what you get

 

[hfaix]

Thanks for your reply. I finally hacked my way through it.

I had sshd running, however because the default permissions on the keys were 777 the daemon wasn't running properly.

I killed the daemon.
then chmod 700'd the keys
and then chmod 700'd the /var/empty directory

now it works fine. I've got a lot of tweaking to do, but atleast it's kind of working!


Weird! Thanks again.

 

[RodKnowlton]

Since you mentioned installing zlib, I'm guessing you're using the freeware packages from Bull or UCLA.

You might find it easier to manage the installp/rpm combination provided by IBM as described in the AIX 5.3 Security Guide. It installs and configures ssh as a subsystem.

Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+

 

[hfaix]

Thanks, Rod.... I'm going to try that out