ssh not connecting

[fizan]

$ sftp -v nishara@50.50.50.4
Connecting to 50.50.50.4...
OpenSSH_3.7, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003
HP-UX_Secure_Shell-A.03.71.006.%ic71N, HP_UX Secure Shell version
debug1: Reading configuration data /opt/ssh/etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 50.50.50.4 [50.50.50.4] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 50.50.50.4 port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host 50.50.50.4 port 22: Connection refused
Connection closed

[Vijaya Kumar_3 · Accepted solution]

It looks to me as a simple error which means that the remote server 50.50.50.4 does not run the SSH server at port 22 OR there is some network connectivity to the IP 50.50.50.4.

Please check if ping or tracert or some other network connectivity works, also if the server 50.50.50.4 is behind a firewall, it may not be possible...

Regards
Vijay Chinnasamy

[Vijaya Kumar_3]

...OR the remote server may be down if you feel the network is fine and working.

[fizan]

excat point from vijay , gr8 thanks for timely help!!

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] Connection refused

> ..OR the remote server may be down if you
> feel the network is fine and working.

I don't think so. Normally, "Connection
refused" means that you can communicate with
the other system, but it's not offering the
requested service.

> excat point from vijay

Which one? The right one (remote sshd not
running) or the wrong one (remote server
down)?