using ssh on another port besides 22 (can this be done?)

ltzany

I want to be able to ssh to my machine through a port besides 22. I have changed the sshd_config file but i cannot ssh to my machine through a port besides 22. is there a file that i forgot to change? it works fine with port 22, so my router is not the problem. thanks for your help...

tripmcneely187 · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Posts: 5 Location: Iowa

Did you restart sshd with '/etc/init.d/sshd restart'? Also, are you telling your client which port to ssh to? e.g. ssh user@remotepc:999

liber! · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject:

use ssh -l user -p PORTNR hostname

Does it still doesn't work? Then there's something wrong with the iptables, the sshd config file.

P.S. Can you connect to port 22?
Nathan

ltzany · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:44 pm Post subject:

tripmcneely187 - yes, i restarted sshd once i made the initial changes and i am telling the client i use what port to connect to.

liber! - port 22 works fine (see initial post).

I guess I should check out iptables? and i've done a bit of reading on xinetd. what about needing to change server arguments? is there a file for that?