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Subject: SSH and Telnet not working (Vista)
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Date: 9/1/2008 11:21:01 AM
From: =?Utf-8?B?bnNub29uYW4=?= [Email Address Protection]

I've had this computer for about 3 months now. I have been using putty to
connect to various linux servers and networking equipment via ssh and telnet.

Recently, I haven't been able to connect to anything for about a week. I've
checked logs to try to troubleshoot my issue, and they suggest the
connections aren't even getting to the servers I'm trying to connect to.
I've now tried several different programs all with the same result.

Putty's error is:
"network error: permission denied"

ssh from windows display's the following error:
"operation not permitted"

Poderosa's error:
"failed to connect to the port 22 on SERVER"

I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling programs, google searches,
disabling UAC, and random registry tooling, though I'm sure my ability in the
registry isn't up to par for the task. I have no firewalls up, nor virus
protection software that would cause anything like this.

I have a feeling it was caused by a few open source modification packages
for putty I've recently tried out. Support for them are non-existent and I'm
sure I can handle it via the registry, at the very least.

I've resulted to using a terminal server for any administration tasks that
need ssh or telnet. I would really like not to have to wipe and reinstall if
not entirely necessarily. This is my last resort before doing so.

Any help is much appreciated.

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Subject: Re: SSH and Telnet not working (Vista)
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Date: 9/2/2008 7:49:43 AM
From: "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)" [Email Address Protection]

You may need to re-enable SSH and telnet. This how to may help.
How to: Enable telnet on Vista
Mar 8, 2007 ... For security reason, telnet is disabled on Vista by
default. To enable telnet, please follow these steps: 1. Open the Control
Pane>Programs ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=495


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"nsnoonan" <nsnoonan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12C3841C-ADCB-4160-9DCC-6481A9495EDC@microsoft.com...
> I've had this computer for about 3 months now. I have been using putty to
> connect to various linux servers and networking equipment via ssh and
> telnet.
>
> Recently, I haven't been able to connect to anything for about a week.
> I've
> checked logs to try to troubleshoot my issue, and they suggest the
> connections aren't even getting to the servers I'm trying to connect to.
> I've now tried several different programs all with the same result.
>
> Putty's error is:
> "network error: permission denied"
>
> ssh from windows display's the following error:
> "operation not permitted"
>
> Poderosa's error:
> "failed to connect to the port 22 on SERVER"
>
> I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling programs, google searches,
> disabling UAC, and random registry tooling, though I'm sure my ability in
> the
> registry isn't up to par for the task. I have no firewalls up, nor virus
> protection software that would cause anything like this.
>
> I have a feeling it was caused by a few open source modification packages
> for putty I've recently tried out. Support for them are non-existent and
> I'm
> sure I can handle it via the registry, at the very least.
>
> I've resulted to using a terminal server for any administration tasks that
> need ssh or telnet. I would really like not to have to wipe and reinstall
> if
> not entirely necessarily. This is my last resort before doing so.
>
> Any help is much appreciated.


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Subject: Re: SSH and Telnet not working (Vista)
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Date: 9/2/2008 2:55:18 PM
From: John Thompson [Email Address Protection]

On 2008-09-01, nsnoonan <nsnoonan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I've had this computer for about 3 months now. I have been using putty to
> connect to various linux servers and networking equipment via ssh and telnet.
>
> Recently, I haven't been able to connect to anything for about a week. I've
> checked logs to try to troubleshoot my issue, and they suggest the
> connections aren't even getting to the servers I'm trying to connect to.
> I've now tried several different programs all with the same result.
>
> Putty's error is:
> "network error: permission denied"
>
> ssh from windows display's the following error:
> "operation not permitted"
>
> Poderosa's error:
> "failed to connect to the port 22 on SERVER"
>
> I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling programs, google searches,
> disabling UAC, and random registry tooling, though I'm sure my ability in the
> registry isn't up to par for the task. I have no firewalls up, nor virus
> protection software that would cause anything like this.

Any router or wireless access point between you and the internet? These
devices may also have a firewall or port forwarding enabled. How about
your ISP? Have they made any changes in what ports they allow you to use
for outbound connections? Can you make a connection on a non-priveleged
port (i.e. > 1024)?

> I have a feeling it was caused by a few open source modification packages
> for putty I've recently tried out. Support for them are non-existent and I'm
> sure I can handle it via the registry, at the very least.

What packages? Although formal support may not be available, most
open source projects are at least well documented about what they do.

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Subject: Re: SSH and Telnet not working (Vista)
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Date: 9/2/2008 3:00:01 PM
From: John Thompson [Email Address Protection]

On 2008-09-02, nsnoonan <nsnoonan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> To reiterate, I have no firewalls or protection softwares on (including
> windows firewall). And I am getting the same results from any communications
> softwares I use. So I'm thinking it must be a windows thing (registry or
> other).

As far as I know, PuTTY doesn't use any registry entries. Is the server
actually running on the remote end? Has the configuration on the remote
end changed, perhaps to disallow all but specific IP addresses? Can you
connect to the server using other machines?

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Subject: Re: SSH and Telnet not working (Vista)
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Date: 9/3/2008 6:46:23 PM
From: John Thompson [Email Address Protection]

On 2008-09-03, nsnoonan <nsnoonan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I believe the culprit is one of the following:
>
> http://www.raisin.de/putty-tabs/putty-tabs.html
>
> http://jakub.kotrla.net/putty/
>
> http://puttysm.sourceforge.net/
>
> By the way, thanks for all the help thus far. Even though it's not yet
> resolved, I greatly appreciate it.

Ok. Have you tried another ssh client, e.g. OpenSSH derivatives:
http://www.openssh.com/windows.html

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