Re: Connection Refused

From: Richard E Silverman (res_at_qoxp.net)
Date: 06/26/03 

Date: 26 Jun 2003 16:00:06 -0400

>>>>> "Nelson" == Nelson <gogoneruson@hotmail.com> writes:

    Nelson> Hi all, I am a newbie to ssh world.

And to networking in general; this is not an SSH-specific question.

    Nelson> I tried to ssh to particular machine, however, the system
    Nelson> generated the error messsage -- connection refused. I wonder
    Nelson> what the potential problems that cause the connetion refusing.

The simplest explanation is that you haven't started the SSH server.

More obscure problems could be that it's running by not listening on the
address you're connecting to, or that there's an intervening firewall
doing active rejections. 

-- 
  Richard Silverman
  res@qoxp.net