ssh connection refused port 22

[jcf20010]

I have a MacBook and a Fedora 15 laptop on a wired LAN.

I can sucessfully ssh into the Fedora 15 system from the Mac but when try to ssh into the Mac from the Fedora 15 system I get the following error:

ssh: connect to host 192.168.X.XX port 22: Connection refused

Why would I be getting the error in one direction and not the other?

And yes the sshd service is running see below:

[jack@daffy-duck ~]$ ps aux | grep -i ssh
root 1052 0.0 0.0 9420 964 ? Ss 12:55 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
jack 3693 0.0 0.0 4444 768 pts/0 S+ 17:23 0:00 grep --color=auto -i ssh

[weitjong]

Your Mac may be configured to block the incoming SSH traffic. Have you configured the firewall setting correctly there? Go to Spotlight, type "firewall" and choose the "Security and Privacy" application. In the "Firewall" tab, choose the option "Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections". SSH should be one of the allowed by default, I think.

HTH.

[jcf20010]

Originally Posted by weitjong

Your Mac may be configured to block the incoming SSH traffic. Have you configured the firewall setting correctly there? Go to Spotlight, type "firewall" and choose the "Security and Privacy" application. In the "Firewall" tab, choose the option "Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections". SSH should be one of the allowed by default, I think.

HTH.

When I go there the "Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections" is checked and SSH is not in the window just above that check box. I tried to add SSH but ssh is in /usr/bin but when I select the + button to add something I cannot navigate to /usr/bin.

Is there another way of selecting SSH?

[weitjong]

How did you enable the SSHD service in Mac? Are you using MacPort or Homebrew to install the SSHD service? I am using the one provided by Mac OS X itself. Therefore, I think it is automatically allowed as it is a signed software.

Go to Spotlight, type "ssh" and choose "Sharing" then enable the "Remote Login" option. Yes, I know it is not particularly intuitive for most of us here.

[jcf20010]

Originally Posted by weitjong

How did you enable the SSHD service in Mac? Are you using MacPort or Homebrew to install the SSHD service? I am using the one provided by Mac OS X itself. Therefore, I think it is automatically allowed as it is a signed software.

Go to Spotlight, type "ssh" and choose "Sharing" then enable the "Remote Login" option. Yes, I know it is not particularly intuitive for most of us here.

I have the one provided by the OS too.
I tried your suggestion and that did the trick.
Thanks....