Help get ssh working

[Andrew Robinson <awr cpu com>]

I'm trying to get ssh working on a Redhat 7.3 installation. Right now it is 
refusing the connection. I've included what pertinent information I know 
about. If I've left something out, please let me know. When I installed 
Redhat, I chose the "medium" security option and "custom" firewall rules, 
allowing incoming http and ssh. I think this setup has worked for me on 
other installations. Thanks for any help.

Andrew Robinson

# ssh localhost
ssh: connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 22: Connection refused

# grep ssh /etc/services
ssh             22/tcp                          # SSH Remote Login Protocol
ssh             22/udp                          # SSH Remote Login Protocol
x11-ssh-offset  6010/tcp                        # SSH X11 forwarding offset

# ipchains -L
target     prot opt     source                destination           ports
ACCEPT     udp  ------  myhost.mycomp.com    anywhere              domain 
->   1025:65535
ACCEPT     tcp  -y----  anywhere             anywhere              any 
->   http
ACCEPT     tcp  -y----  anywhere             anywhere              any ->   ssh
ACCEPT     all  ------  anywhere             anywhere              n/a
REJECT     tcp  -y----  anywhere             anywhere              any 
->   0:1023
REJECT     tcp  -y----  anywhere             anywhere              any ->   nfs
REJECT     udp  ------  anywhere             anywhere              any 
->   0:1023
REJECT     udp  ------  anywhere             anywhere              any ->   nfs
REJECT     tcp  -y----  anywhere             anywhere              any 
->   x11:6009
REJECT     tcp  -y----  anywhere             anywhere              any ->   xfs
Chain forward (policy ACCEPT):
Chain output (policy ACCEPT):

# rpm -q -a | grep -i ssh
openssh-3.1p1-6
kdessh-3.0.3-0.7
openssh-askpass-gnome-3.1p1-6
openssh-clients-3.1p1-6
openssh-askpass-3.1p1-6



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