On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:15:20 bsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk wrote:
SSH appears to connect to the host but exits with 'secure connection refused'.
Which version of ssh are you using? There is the free one, openssh and the non-free one.
Looking at the code for openssh there isn't a message that exactly matches - the closest is Secure connection to <host> on port <port> refused, i.e. a similar messages but with the details filled in. In the case of openssh this is the message you get when either:
* The remote end (the web host) isn't listening on the ssh port (because sshd has died or was never started). * The remote host is not accessible so there is a timeout trying to set up the TCP connection.
So both of these happen before any attempt is made to authenicate. You need to get your web hosting company to confirm which port their sshd is listening on and whether it is up!
Steve.