1- Both /etc hosts files are identical. 2- sshd isn't in either /etc/initd directories. but I don't know if that could be the problem since it is working going one way 4- what are you suppose to look at/edit iptables-save with? nano and gedit give me (mostly) gibberish. 5- done On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Verify that you have /etc/hosts file entries for both systems. > Verify that the sshd daemon is running from /etc/init.d/ > Verify that no firewall or iptables is stopping things: # iptables-save > If running on cygwin install the sshd daemon. > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> hmmmmmm..... I can ssh from ubuntu to mint but when I try to go from >> mint to ubuntu it times out. >> > >> >> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> 1- subnet- >>> Yep.... they're all on the same subnet >>> 2- ping- >>> mint to ubuntu- success! >>> mint to XP- success >>> XP to mint- success! >>> XP to Ubuntu- Success! >>> Ubuntu to Mint- Success! >>> Ubuntu to XP- Success! >>> Layer 3 is intact. >>> 3- telnet >>> mint to ubuntu- success! >>> mint to XP- success >>> XP to mint- success! >>> XP to Ubuntu- Success! >>> Ubuntu to Mint- Success! >>> Ubuntu to XP- Success! >>> Layer is intact. I couldn't figure out how to use telnet but it didn't >>> error out so I figure it is all good. >>> 4a- "start->run-> type "\\192.168.0.x\" and see if you can see shares. >>> They are seen. >>> 4b- mount -t cifs -o defaults,username=myuser //192.168.0.x/share_name >>> /tmp/cifs >>> the XP directory is mounts and lista in the ubuntu and mint computers >>> but when I go from the mint to ubuntu it refuses to accept my passwd. You >>> know.... I have no idea what the password is! I've never been able to >>> access the share. I suppose I could set it for Guest access but I don't >>> like that idea because what if I'm at starbucks and so,eome there hacks >>> into..... what would they have to do to get into my box before they see the >>> folders which allow guest access? I suppose it would be better to find out >>> why it won't accept my password! >>> Anyways: ip addr show is how I picked up the 5.5.8.1/21 . I am guessing >>> it has something to do with a VPN because as0t1 has something to do with >>> VPN. (I remember playing woth VPN for a day or two) >>> >>> bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ ip addr show >>> 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN >>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 >>> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo >>> inet6 ::1/128 scope host >>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >>> 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast >>> state UP qlen 1000 >>> link/ether 00:09:6b:78:ab:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>> inet 192.168.0.3/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0 >>> inet6 fe80::209:6bff:fe78:abf0/64 scope link >>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >>> 3: as0t1: mtu 1500 qdisc >>> pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 200 >>> link/none >>> inet 5.5.8.1/21 brd 5.5.15.255 scope global as0t1 >>> bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >>> >>>> Cygwin won't give you ifconfig or ip tools (didn't years back at >>>> least), it'll still be "ipconfig /all" >>>> >>>> Look at the subnet mask there, should be 255.255.255.0. If they're all >>>> on the same switch/router, than they're in the same subnet. >>>> >>>> Can they ping each other's addresses? layer 3 is good >>>> Telnet to each other on port 445 "telnet 192.168.0.x 445" layer 4 is >>>> good >>>> From windoze, "start->run-> type "\\192.168.0.x\" and see if you can >>>> see shares. Try more specifically if you know the share name. >>>> >>>> If you want to test from linux back install smbfs packages >>>> (specifically for cifs) and mount as: >>>> >>>> mkdir /tmp/cifs >>>> mount -t cifs -o defaults,username=myuser //192.168.0.x/share_name >>>> /tmp/cifs >>>> >>>> Layer 5 and up should be good if you can do the last, otherwise figure >>>> out where in between the problem lies. Try in both directions too. It's >>>> more than likely with samba config, not the network. Though I'm not at all >>>> sure what that 5.5.6.1 address was you were looking at... >>>> >>>> -mb >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/14/2012 05:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> well, I figured I would d/l something so if you tell me how to do >>>>> something in *nix I wouldn't have to ask you how to do it in windows. >>>>> So >>>>> I googled it and found 'cygwin'. so I install it and the first command >>>>> I >>>>> type in I am DENIED! File not found it says. So what is the best unix >>>>> emulator for windows? 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