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 <sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't modify the firewall or the ssh port.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Sesso <sesso@djsesso.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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~(-:
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