SSH port 22 Permission denied

[dirtdiver512]

All, I have a few issues.

One after an install the start up script is looking for a pid file in the /var/run/kippo/kipo.pid, but that doesnt exist after reboot.

Also if is try and start the service after changing it from port 2222, the default setting, to 22 i get a permission denied.

any thoughts?

[Waseem-farooqui]

You have changed it to port 22 from 2222?? have you restart the ssh service ?

[akaasjager]

Because port 22 can only be opened by root, you cannot use it. You should not run Kippo with root privileges!

The solution is to

• run real sshd on (for example) 2222
• run kippo on (again, example) 3333

• configure IPTables to redirect requests from internet for port 22 to 3333 on the host:

  [internet] -> [port 22] -> [iptables] -> [port 3333] -> [kippo]

You can find examples for IPTables on *NixCraft: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-port-redirection-with-iptables/

[dirtdiver512]

thanks I ended up needing to use iptables, any other solution was not reliable