sshd uses ipv6 by default even if it's not supported on my router

[Alex Paquet-Bouchard]

ahh, ok thanks! stupid mistake of me.. I'm so used to typing the port in the 
ip:port format, I didn't think it could be the problem..

On 9/11/05, Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 07:02:15PM -0400, Alex Paquet-Bouchard wrote:
> > lsof -i output for sshd (it shows ipv6):
> > sshd 5493 root 3u IPv6 8583 TCP *:33333 (LISTEN)
> >
> > but if I try to connect to it localy ie: ssh 127.0.0.1:33333<http://127.0.0.1:33333>, 
> I get --> ssh:
> > 127.0.0.1:33333 <http://127.0.0.1:33333>: Name or service not known
> > So I can't connect, I'm guessing becauses it uses ipv6...
> 
> So in fact your problem has nothing to do with IPv6, this tells you the
> socket will do both (although I can understand how that may be
> confusing)
> 
> If you read "man ssh" you will see that
> 
> -p port
> Port to connect to on the remote host. This can be specified on
> a per-host basis in the configuration file.
> 
> So what you want to do is
> ssh 127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1> -p 33333
> 
> Cheers,
> Trent
> 
> >
> > Thanks, Alex
> >
> > On 9/11/05, Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st> wrote:
> >
> > Alx,
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 06:38:14PM -0400, Alex Paquet-Bouchard wrote:
> > > I can't use it, not even localy.. and I need to use it remotly. I'm
> > > recompiling the kernel right now and removing all ipv6
> > support. Hopefully that
> > > should fix it.
> >
> > Umm, thats a bad idea, there is absolutely no need to do that.
> >
> > Can you please describe the problem you are having? ssh uses *both* ipv4
> > and ipv6 by default, so unless you changed the configuration to use ipv6
> > only you should have no problems.
> >
> > Can you please describe the specific problem you are having?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Trent
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/11/05, Trent Lloyd < lathiat at bur.st> wrote:
> > >
> > > Because you have link local and loopback addresses it can listen on.
> > >
> > > Is it causing a problem?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Trent
> > >
> > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 06:28:41PM -0400, Alex Paquet-Bouchard wrote:
> > > > Anyone know why sshd would start automatically using ipv6 instead
> > of ipv4
> > > even
> > > > if my router or connection doesn't support it?
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > >
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