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Nexus · Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Posts: 14

Hi all,

I have two laptops, a new one running Mint and an ancient IBM Thinkpad running Puppy. I want to set up synergy on them so that I can use the old lappy as a second screen.

I've successfully set up IPs for both computers and I can ping both ways. I can ssh the Mint machine from the Puppy one, but not the other way round. The error I get is

ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.2 port 22: Connection refused

Does anyone know how to fix this?

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7037 Location: qld

Puppy by default doesn't ship with ssh server, just client. You can install it though. In Slacko, the infrastructure is already there, just install it from the PPM, (search for openssh) Make sure that /etc/init.d/sshd is set to executable and start the service. This will initiate your gpg key.

If not running Slacko then it should be in the PPM, or search this forum.

Nexus · Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Posts: 14

sshd is configured right and is running, but I still cannot connect. Anyway, wouldn't that mean I can't connect from Puppy to Mint, rather than the other way round?

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7037 Location: qld

The pup machine needs to be running sshd as it's the server if you want to log into it remotely. Just check your config file (/etc/ssh/sshd_config). something like this should do it:

Nexus · Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Posts: 14

GAH! Problem solved. It turned out to be the firewall on pup. I should have taken "connection refused" in its most literal sense.

zrdc28 · Joined: 06 Jan 2013 Posts: 1

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

setting the ssh server is easier if you first ssh your localhost.

check the pic in here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=706405762&t=63523