Re: Enabling SSHD

In reply to: Paul M Foster : "Enabling SSHD"
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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy_at_mips.inka.de>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:14:00 UTC

Paul M Foster:

> I have a new FreeBSD 14 install. I'd like to be able to do some management
> on this machine (on my LAN) via SSH. I have a stock /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> file, except for allowing root to login. I've made that edit to the file,
> and restarted the SSH daemon via /etc/rc.d/sshd restart. However, this
> machine still refuses SSH connections, either from a regular user or root.

Is sshd running?  Check with ps.

Are you blocking the ssh port (22) with a packet filter?

What does a client say when you try to connect with "ssh -v"?

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de