[SOLVED] ssh will not connect
by Pedroski from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4V742)
EDIT: SORRY! I was connected to 2 different routers, only just realized! Works now!
Hi, last week I managed to back up files with rsync via ssh. Today, the connection times out.
I am trying to send files from a laptop I use every day to this laptop as a backup.
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this is from ifconfig on the receiving laptop:
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I can ping 192.168.1.4 from the sender laptop.
ufw on the receiver is like this:
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The sender laptop has local ip 192.168.1.9
On the receiving laptop, ssh server is active:
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Last week, after connecting, I was asked for my user PW on the receiving laptop, then the files were sent.
This is the error I get on the sender laptop:
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Any tips about what might be wrong?
I just tried:
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Got "Rule added"
I used rsync and ssh to get homework files from my webpage this morning, no problems.
Why won't this work on my local network? Last week it worked!
Hi, last week I managed to back up files with rsync via ssh. Today, the connection times out.
I am trying to send files from a laptop I use every day to this laptop as a backup.
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| rsync -av -e "ssh" --progress /home/pedro/winter2019-20 pedro@192.168.1.4 |
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| wlp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 |
I can ping 192.168.1.4 from the sender laptop.
ufw on the receiver is like this:
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| pedro@pedro-cheap:~$ sudo ufw status Status: active To Action From -- ------ ---- 22/tcp ALLOW Anywhere Anywhere ALLOW 192.168.0.0/16 22/tcp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6) |
On the receiving laptop, ssh server is active:
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| pedro@pedro-cheap:~$ sudo service ssh status [sudo] password for pedro: a- ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-11-16 10:14:20 CST; 39min ago Process: 1323 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1319 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 891 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 926 (sshd) Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/ssh.service a""a"926 /usr/sbin/sshd -D 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap systemd[1]: Reloading OpenBSD Secure Shell server. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap sshd[926]: Received SIGHUP; restarting. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap systemd[1]: Reloaded OpenBSD Secure Shell server. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap sshd[926]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap sshd[926]: Server listening on :: port 22. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap systemd[1]: Reloading OpenBSD Secure Shell server. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap sshd[926]: Received SIGHUP; restarting. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap systemd[1]: Reloaded OpenBSD Secure Shell server. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap sshd[926]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. 11ae 16 10:14:28 pedro-cheap sshd[926]: Server listening on :: port 22. |
This is the error I get on the sender laptop:
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| pedro@pedro-newssd:~$ rsync -av -e "ssh" --progress /home/pedro/winter2019-20 pedro@192.168.1.4:/home/pedro/ ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.4 port 22: Connection timed out rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(235) [sender=3.1.2] pedro@pedro-newssd:~$ ssh pedro@192.168.1.4 ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.4 port 22: Connection timed out |
Any tips about what might be wrong?
I just tried:
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| sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24 |
I used rsync and ssh to get homework files from my webpage this morning, no problems.
Why won't this work on my local network? Last week it worked!