ssh connection refused

[Matthew Mills_2]

I had to ignite an L2000 server with an ignite tape from another server. everything went well. I changed the name, IP, etc... But now I get connection refused when I try to ssh session into the server. I can do a normal telnet sessions just fine...

Please help!

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

the .ssh files for root are incorrect after the restore.

remove the files

ssh-keygen -t dsa

enter through the questions.

Restore any authorized_keys file you use centrally.

SEP

[Mel Burslan]

if the original (source of ignite image) server and the newly ignited server are on different subnets, make sure there are no firewalls with different rule sets preventing you from ssh into the new one.

Otherwise, the connection refused message is not caused by the ssh keys or anything in the .ssh directory as SEP suggest. At the worst case, your authentication fails and you either get prompted for a password or see a message, warning you about a possible man-in-the-middle attack.

Also, make sure that your sshd has started after booting the new server.

ps -ef | grep sshd

if not running

/sbin/init.d/secsh start


Hope this helps

[Matthew Mills_2]

the command "ssh-keygen -t dsa" ran ok. but I still have the same issue. Any other ideas?

[Matthew Mills_2]

YES! you got it. SSHD did not start on bootup. Thanks!

[Mel Burslan]

Assuming you are on another unix server while trying to ssh into the newly ignited L2000. If this is true, try

ssh -vvv newserver

and cut and paste the output here.