Hi, I use SSH all of the time, there are issues with versions for starters.. Make sure your SSH client version matches that of the ISP. Are they/you using the commercial version of SSH or openSSH ? they theoretically should work together but I have never been able to make them. Then there is the issue of supported cyphers.
if you start up your connection with the -v option (I think it is this for verbose - search the man page for 'debug') you will get a reasonably ugly dump of the conversation between the 2 machines.
my command line as a rule is something like (sorry can't get to the machine right now) ssh -lmyusername -v <IPAddr/HostName>(Hostname must be in the hosts file i think - I always use IP Address) If you can find the debug option send me a dump of the output if you're still stumped. Meanwhile I'll try and get you the links to the good docs for it (yes there are some ... how do you think I set mine up - not by reading the man page, I suffer from man-blindness (the affliction which prevents information that is staring at you from the man output from entering the retina, travelling down the optical nerve and making contact with the brain).. ;o)
Cheers Earl
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-----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]On Behalf Of bsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk Sent: Wednesday 21 November 2001 15:15 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [Alug] Can anyone help me with SSH please?
My web site hosting company have just changed from Telnet to SSH.
I am unable to establish a connection and I'm not sure quite what I'm supposed to do at my end.
I'm running Debian Potato and have installed SSH. Do I need to do anything else in order to use it? I have looked at the man page but, as always, I don't understand it.
SSH appears to connect to the host but exits with 'secure connection refused'.
Any help gratefully received.
Barry Samuels
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