computer 'a' $ sudo ufw status verbose [sudo] password for bmike1: Status: active Logging: on (low) Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing), disabled (routed) New profiles: skip computer 'a' $ ip addr inet 192.168.0.14/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0 computer 'b' $ sudo ufw status verbose [sudo] password for bmike1: Status: inactive . .. ... .... You figured it out! I had ufw active on one of the computers. Thanks. I just needed to add a rule to ufw and that fixed it. thanks for your help Sesso and Sean. Sesso....I had forgotten I activated the firewall. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:14 PM, sean wrote: > So the server is running on both. > > What about the output of: > sudo ufw status verbose > on both computers? > As well as: > ip addr > ? Make sure you're trying to connect to the right address. > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > my distro is mint and the error is connection refused. > > > > computer a $ sudo netstat -tpan | grep LISTEN > > [sudo] password for bmike1: > > tcp 0 0 127.0.1.1:53 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1592/dnsmasq > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1378/sshd > > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 15181/cupsd > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 800/smbd > > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1518/mysqld > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 800/smbd > > tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* > LISTEN > > 1378/sshd > > tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* > LISTEN > > 15181/cupsd > > tcp6 0 0 :::445 :::* > LISTEN > > 800/smbd > > tcp6 0 0 :::139 :::* > LISTEN > > 800/smbd > > tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* > LISTEN > > 29995/apache2 > > > > > > computer b $ sudo netstat -tpan | grep LISTEN > > tcp 0 0 127.0.1.1:53 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1688/dnsmasq > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1261/sshd > > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1958/cupsd > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 648/smbd > > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 1439/mysqld > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > > 648/smbd > > tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* > LISTEN > > 1261/sshd > > tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* > LISTEN > > 1958/cupsd > > tcp6 0 0 :::445 :::* > LISTEN > > 648/smbd > > tcp6 0 0 :::139 :::* > LISTEN > > 648/smbd > > tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* > LISTEN > > 1856/apache2 > > > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:00 PM, sean wrote: > >> > >> You need to give more details. > >> > >> Why can't you ssh from b to a? What's the error? What distributions? > >> > >> 1 - install ssh server > >> 2 - start the service > >> 3 - deal with firewalls > >> 4 - ssh with a valid user > >> > >> What's the output of: > >> netstat -tpan | grep LISTEN > >> on both computers? > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >> > I didn't modify the firewall or the ssh port. > >> > > >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: > >> > > >> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Sesso wrote: > >> >> > >> >> What do your firewall rules look like? Are you allowing in and out on > >> >> port > >> >> 22? > >> >> > >> >> Sent from my iPhone > >> >> > >> >> > On Oct 31, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > 'openssh-server' is installed on both computers > >> >> > 'ssh localhost' works on both computers > >> >> > I can only scp from computer 'a' to computer 'b' not computer 'b' > to > >> >> > computer 'a'. > >> >> > Would someone help me to get it to work computer 'b'to computer > 'a'? > >> >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: > >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> >> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------- > >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >