On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 20:07 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On 7/10/08, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote: > <snip> > >><snip> > Still not able to SSH into the IPCop box. Something wrong in the > syntax I tried or SSH didn't get turned on in the IPCop box, via the > web interface, as I thought? The sshd is running in my Desktop box. Sshd is for incoming connections. You need to enable it on IPCop (using web interface is easiest). I also suggest using ssh keys instead of password *if* you want increased security. Paranoia level is the determining factor. You should not need to fron the trace (dig or nslookup from the IPCop box. [wild-bill at centos501 ~]$ dig +trace smtp-server.triad.rr.com ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> +trace smtp-server.triad.rr.com ;; global options: printcmd . 376531 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 376531 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 504 bytes from 192.168.2.20#53(192.168.2.20) in 28 ms com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. <snip> > > [root at dell2400 ~]# ssh ipcop.homelan:222 > ssh: ipcop.homelan:222: Name or service not known > [root at dell2400 ~]# I've not used it for awhile, but I think you need to look at the man page. ISTR that user at host is somewhere in there. Unsure though. > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill