Serious LDAP problem

[Christopher Chan]

Pete Clapham wrote:
> Christopher Chan wrote:
>> Pete Clapham wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi, all --
>>>
>>> I recently tried to install LDAP on my system, and now I can't log 
>>> onto one of my servers. 
>>>
>>> My PDC has LDAP Server loaded on it, and it would appear to be working 
>>> OK.  It was the Additional server where the problem arose.  I tried to 
>>> load LDAP Client on it (OR SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN SERVER?).  In 
>>> following several sets of directions given in several Ubuntu official 
>>> and community postings, some of the individual pieces of LDAP appear 
>>> to work, but when I try to log onto the additional server using either 
>>> SSH or the GUI, I invariably get "Connection Refused." 
>>>
>>>     
>> Connection refused means that sshd is not running.
>>
>>   
>>> I then did an apt-get purge on the additional server and tried to log 
>>> on using SSH or the GUI and still get the "Connection Refused."  
>>> Anybody out there have an idea how I can go back to square 1 on that 
>>> additional server?
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>>
>> Install/enable sshd?
>>
>>   
> Problem isn't with SSHD; I've been using that for a long time.  Also 
> graphic user interface gave the same results.


Okay. The 'Connection refused' message which means the connection 
attempt never got beyond the  tcp connection handshake. Check firewall 
rules on the additional server?

I don't quite get your 'GUI gets "Connection Refused"' message. Is a 
screenshot possible?

Could you give us the list of directions you followed so that we can 
have an idea of what you did and try to decipher what is going on?