Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

what does
say?

you should get a line containing "0.0.0.0:ssh", meaning that the daemon is listening on all interfaces on port 22 (="ssh").
if that is not the case, your setup has an error.

you could also try re-setting the password, using these two commands:
edit:
and, as a last resort, you could delete the /root/.ssh folder after deinstalling SSH, and then reinstall.

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

Ok,
I got the line
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:ssh 0.0.0.0:*

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

What happens when you try and connect? Connection refused?

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

yes. connection refused. nothing, just got another retry

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

think i will try to change root passwd

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

Sounds good. "connection refused" would be when there's nothing listening. If it's asking you for the password then it's listening.

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

yes, its listening, unfortunately not on me :)

tried to change root password, still the same result

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

@Dave

did you try reinstalling, but removing the .ssh folder in /root between de- and reinstallation?

also, what program do you use to connect? maybe your N900's encryption keys have changed and your program thinks there's an attack or something...

and you didn't change anything in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, right?

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

I did not removed any folder.

First, I installed ssh bundle from file manager
created a password. ssh with winscp worked fine.

after that. unistalled server and klient 8 kb from file manager, and client from file manager.

still worked with winscp.

now installed rootsh. typed root

and stopped server and then restarted server. now. i couldent log in any more.

tryed to reconfigur my wlan and wifi(still the same ip on comp and n900 but with another wep.

and atlast 10 min ago. tried to change the root password.

im using winscp from win vista.

Re: linux noob requires help with openssh
 

FILE manager? not application manager?

seems like rootsh did something the openssh server doesn't like...
try this:
deinstall both
remove the folders /root/.ssh and /etc/ssh if they exist - by this you purge every configuration so you can start fresh
does the purging, but be VERY careful not to mistype anything! rm -rf can be dangerous.
install rootsh first
install openssh server


edit:
i just realized - winscp has no shell client, its only intended for copying. could you please try connecting with putty as well?