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Author: Bryan O'Neal
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: scp problems
Are you running iptables? Are the computers on the same subnet or are the
going through an external firewall?
On Jul 1, 2014 6:32 PM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:

> discoveries:
> Computer A
> 1- it will ping Computer B
> 2- It will telnet to Computer B
> 3- it will scp to Computer B if I use Host name rather than IP address
> computer B
> 1- it will ping computer A
> 2- it will not telnet to Computer A
> 3- it will not scp to computer A using ipaddress or host name
> 4- discovered ssh service not enabled- ran 'sudo service ssh start'
> 5- still get a 'connection timed out' error
> (I don't see why it would be listening on another port as I didn't
> configure it to listen on another port
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Dennis Kibbe <>
> wrote:
>
>> Michael Havens <> writes:
>>
>> > Sorry enrique.... that was the quickest way I figured to describe it.
>> > push = file user@ipadd:file
>> > pull = computer <- user@ipadd:file
>> >
>> > as for the server not running I could do it the other day..... now that
>> is
>> > weird! I mapped the IP address to a name in my router and it doesn't
>> > recognize the IP address any longer. Cool! That is another way to make
>> your
>> > network more secure!
>> >
>> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:59 PM, <> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Michael, don't be creative with the description of your problems,
>> please
>> >> translate:
>> >>
>> >>> push a file to another computer
>> >>> pull that file
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> The error:
>> >>
>> >>> 'connection timed out'
>> >>>
>> >> regularly means (assuming that both boxes can ping each-other) that the
>> >> SSH server is not running.
>> >> ET
>> >>
>> >> Michael Havens writes:
>> >>
>> >>> When I try to push a file to another computer it says 'connection
>> timed
>> >>> out'. and when I try to pull that file it says that I entered the
>> wrong
>> >>> password.
>> >>> What's wrong with this picture?
>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>> >>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Try some basic network troubleshooting.
>>
>> $ ping -c4 "ip add of server"
>>
>> Do you get a response? If yes, then
>>
>> $ telnet "ip add of server" 22
>>
>> Is SSH listening on port 22?
>>
>> If not, then you need to figure out why. Is the service not running?
>> Is SSH listening on another port?
>>
>> Let us know what you discover.
>>
>> Dennisk
>>
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