<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve been playing with an old Seagate GoFlex Net that I have on my internal network. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I installed Archlinux/arm on a USB thumb drive, and it was working fine until I had the brilliant idea (NOT) to see what would happen if I switched the drive and used a live Ubuntu distro on it and tried to ssh into that! (I’m wearing ear-muffs so I cant hear the laughter). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anyway, I can now no longer ssh into the original Archlinux/arm USB drive, there is a reset button on the Seagate net which I had used on the Archlinux/arm and it reset and continued working, however, it doesn’t do anything since I plugged in the other drive. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I can still see the Net it as I can ping it, and when I ssh I get a ‘connection refused’ response. I read some of the ssh man pages and it said to try the debug option -v and -vv and -vvv and the output is shown below:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bash-3.2# ssh -v <a href="mailto:alarm@192.168.1.179" class="">alarm@192.168.1.179</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">OpenSSH_7.8p1, LibreSSL 2.6.2</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 48: Applying options for *</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 52: Applying options for *</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.179 [192.168.1.179] port 22.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bash-3.2# ssh -vv <a href="mailto:alarm@192.168.1.179" class="">alarm@192.168.1.179</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">OpenSSH_7.8p1, LibreSSL 2.6.2</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 48: Applying options for *</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 52: Applying options for *</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 192.168.1.179 is address</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug2: ssh_connect_direct</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.179 [192.168.1.179] port 22.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bash-3.2# ssh -vvv <a href="mailto:alarm@192.168.1.179" class="">alarm@192.168.1.179</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">OpenSSH_7.8p1, LibreSSL 2.6.2</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 48: Applying options for *</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 52: Applying options for *</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 192.168.1.179 is address</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug2: ssh_connect_direct</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.179 [192.168.1.179] port 22.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.179 port 22: Connection refused</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Andale Mono"; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bash-3.2# </span></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">Line 48 and 52 in /etc/ssh/ssh_config both have "Host *” written in them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apologies for the very long email but any help would be gratefully received - or do I just bin the device? (Joking)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Alistair B</div><div class="">(One of several on this list) </div></body></html>