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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:06:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: Michael Hennebry <hennebry AT web DOT cs DOT ndsu DOT nodak DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: How can I ssh to a Windows box?
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On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> I've been trying to ssh to my Windows XP box for some time.
> At one time I ran something with a name like ssh-system-config.
> I told it to add sshd as a service.
> sshd starts at boot.
> I've told Windows that sshd is a good guy.
> When I hit sshd with a SIGHUP,
> Windows told me sshd was trying to do something dangerous.
> I told Windows to let it.
> I cannot ssh to my Windows box.
> Connection timed out.
> I can ssh within my Windows box using its IP address, 134....
> I can ssh to a neighbor running a Mandriva live CD, also a 134....
> I suspect some flag in Windows XP that I haven't found.
> Any suggestions?

I've discovered that if I kill the demon,
I still get timeout from the outside,
but connection refused locally.

I haven't been able to restart the demon:
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writeable.

Also, /etc/services is a broken symbolic link.

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