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    From J0hnny A1pha #1@127.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to All on Thu Jul 18 10:45:09 2024

    Hey all. Is there any trick to getting SSH working on WWIV (latest) under Ubuntu 24.04? I can't seem to connect even though ports are open and SSH port is set in wwivconfig...

    Cheers,

    aLPHA

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  • From Dotel #1@124.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to J0hnny A1pha #1 on Thu Jul 18 18:19:43 2024


    Hey all. Is there any trick to getting SSH working on WWIV (latest)
    under Ubuntu 24.04? I can't seem to connect even though ports are open
    and SSH port is set in wwivconfig...

    Cheers,

    aLPHA

    Are you running/starting the wwivd service? It's what handles SSH and connections. What ports have you configured for SSH?

    "sudo systemctl status wwivd"

    it should show a status of "started"

    You generaly should not use the default port of 22 for SSH. as it will conflict with the default sshd service. Usually you will use a secondary port like 2323 or 2222, and forward those ports via your router. Accept 22 from internet and forward it to port 2222 (or whatever) on your internal network.




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  • From J0hnny A1pha #1@127.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to Dotel #1 on Fri Jul 19 19:59:20 2024

    On Thursday,July 18, 2024 at 10:19 PM, Dotel wrote:

    RE: Re: SSH w/WWIV Linux
    BY: J0hnny A1pha #1 @127

    Hey all. Is there any trick to getting SSH working on WWIV (latest) under Ubuntu 24.04? I can't seem to connect even though ports
    are open
    and SSH port is set in wwivconfig...

    Cheers,

    aLPHA

    Are you running/starting the wwivd service? It's what handles SSH and connections. What ports have you configured for SSH?

    "sudo systemctl status wwivd"

    it should show a status of "started"

    You generaly should not use the default port of 22 for SSH. as it will conflict with the default sshd service. Usually you will use a secondary port like 2323 or 2222, and forward those ports via your router. Accept
    22 from internet and forward it to port 2222 (or whatever) on your
    internal network.

    Thank you, turned out to be something head-smacking, but logical:

    I blanked out the sysop PW for some reason in wwivconfig. So, I added a password in, deleted the data/wwiv.key, did a 'systemctl restart' and viola! working.

    Thanks for the triage, Dotel!

    jA


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  • From Dotel #1@124.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to J0hnny A1pha #1 on Sat Jul 20 10:22:09 2024



    Thank you, turned out to be something head-smacking, but logical:

    I blanked out the sysop PW for some reason in wwivconfig. So, I added a password in, deleted the data/wwiv.key, did a 'systemctl restart' and viola! working.

    Thanks for the triage, Dotel!

    jA

    Glad to help, that's what we are here for.




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