Yes,I am not ssh administrator. > Chris' explanation is good. > > May I suggest the original questioner needs to "find" the > information > needed to connect to "that particular" ssh server. > The original > questioner may need to talk with the person (ssh server > administrator) > who is running the ssh server. The ssh server > administrator should have > a cookbook telling how to connect to his server. I am > assume the > original questioner is not the ssh server administrator. > > The ssh server administrator can configure which ssh > protocol version(s) > of ssh will work, what types of authentication will work, > whether X11 > will will be forwarded, and many other options. The > ssh server > administrator can even force a particular user to execute a > specific > program when the user tries to connect. > > The ssh server administrator will need to create an account > and make > configuration changes to allow people to connect to that > account. > Sometimes, a ssh server administrator might create an > "anonymous" > account that runs a particular program, such as cvs to > allow people to > anonymously retrieve source code. In every case that > I can think of, > the original questioner will need to find documentation on > how to > connect or will need to talk with the ssh server > administrator. > > I would also suggest, using the "-v" option on the ssh > command. > I believe one can type ssh -v -v -v user@host > From "man ssh", " > -v Verbose mode. Causes ssh to > print debugging messages about its > progress. This is helpful > in debugging connection, authentica- > tion, and configuration > problems. Multiple -v options increase > the verbosity. The > maximum is 3. > " > > The output from the "-v -v -v" options may help the ssh > server > administrator help the original questioner find out what is > wrong when > the original questioner tries to connect. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines