I have configured SSHD using Cygwin on Windows 7. I have checked and double-checked all of the following points:
Port forwarding is correctly configured
Windows Firewall is configured to pass port 22
Local login attempts (using Cygwin SSH) succeed
sshd_config has UseDNS No
Using nmap from remote machine confirms port 22 is accessible
/etc/passwd and /etc/group are correctly populated
However, remote login attempts time out. This includes from the local network.
user@host:~$ ssh -vvv
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OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-4ubuntu6, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun
2010
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/user/.ssh/config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to the.ip.add.ress [the.ip.add.ress] port 22.
debug1: connect to address the.ip.add.ress port 22: Connection timed out
ssh: connect to the.ip.add.ress port 22: Connection timed out
No messages are logged to /var/log/sshd.log. I suspect that there is a permissions issue with a particular file somewhere, however I have checked the permissions of all my Cygwin binaries, DLLs and the particular files important to Cygwin sshd, including all of:
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/var
/var/log/sshd.log
/var/empty
Others who have reported this or similar errors appear to have missed one of the points enumerated above. Can anyone point me to a possible solution?
