Unable to change sshd port

[keith smith]

Thanks Craig,

It was the firewall.  Once I opened the port it let me connect to an alternate port.

Yes it was /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

Thanks again!!

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Keith Smith




--- On Tue, 8/5/08, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
From: Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
Subject: Re: Unable to change sshd port
To: klsmith2020 at yahoo.com, "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:32 PM

On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 19:24 -0700, keith smith wrote:
> 
> Hi PLUG,
> 
> I'm messing with SSHD and want to change the port.  According to
> everything I read it is as easy as uncommenting the Port
> in /rtc/sshd_config and setting it to whatever I want.  I tried 2200
> and 8888.  Either worked.  I did restart the SSHD.  I even rebooted
> the server.
> 
> I'm running Fedora 5 on a private IP and connecting with Putty.  I can
> connect using putty on port 22 if SSHD is in original state.
> 
> When I change the Port I get a message from Putty saying "Network
> Error : No Route to Host".
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> ----
> are you changing /etc/ssh/sshd_config?
> 
> Firewall? Did you open port in firewall?
> 
> Craig
> 


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