Can't ssh to Suse linux 12.3 box from windows xp with putty

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#1

Connection is timing out.

tried service sshd start on linux box.

Not getting a response.

Any suggestions

#2

bperrotta wrote:

>
> Connection is timing out.
>
> tried service sshd start on linux box.
>
> Not getting a response.
>
> Any suggestions
>
>

You probably need an appropriate entry in /etc/hosts.allow

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#3

You have to open the SSH port in openSUSE’s firewall, or disable the firewall completely.

See YaST->Security and Users->Firewall.

#4

IIRC
I don’t know if Putty has been fixed with latest versions but I remember for a long time it was well known that Putty generated SSH keys incorrectly.

This is one link that describes how to re-generate keys.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=147781

HTH,
TSU

#5

On 2014-02-28 01:06, tsu2 wrote:
>
> IIRC
> I don’t know if Putty has been fixed with latest versions but I remember
> for a long time it was well known that Putty generated SSH keys
> incorrectly.

I had a problem with putty. I solved it by changing this in
“/etc/ssh/sshd_config”:


MaxAuthTries 12

The error I was getting was “Too many authentication failures for”
username. Aparently with the default value of 6 it failed.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)