[xubuntu-users] sshd not accepting connections

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Ralf ranfyy <ranfyy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 1:21 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ps shows several outgoing ssh's and one sshd -D.
>
> Uh, I wonder why it has -D there.

I was wondering about that, too.  I'll ahve to look in the /etc/init.d
script....

> I'd stop the ssh server:
>  $ sudo service ssh stop
>
> start it in debug mode:
>  $ sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -d
>
> then open a second terminal and try to connect to it:
>  $ ssh localhost
>
> You should get some debug output in the terminal where you started sshd.

I'll give it a shot when I get the chance (tomorrow.

Thanks.