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    Have 2 Retropie Setups on 2 differents SD Card .. can SSH Login into 1 but not the other ?

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      ReadyPlayaWon Banned
      last edited by ReadyPlayaWon

      Sorry guys for the brief information, but i don't know what i've done to 1 of the setups. I was able to SSH Login to one of the setups earlier today but this evening can't login either via Putty or Winscp .. just keep getting a "Network Error: Software caused connection abort"

      I have enabled SSH on both Retropie Setups and Set Passwords.

      I am able to see RETROPIE in my Network mapping in Windows 7 and can transfer roms without any probs but the only folders that are accessible are Bios/Configs/Roms and Splashscreens.

      If i power down the Raspberry Pi and put the other SD Card with Retropie Installed in it SSH (Putty and Winscp) all connect fine without any problems.

      Can anyone help me with what i've messed up on the other install ?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
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        Please add more information about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/8Bitdo-Controller/.

        Did you modify the configuration for SSH on the system where you get the error ?

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          ReadyPlayaWon Banned @mitu
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          @mitu

          modified the sshd _config extactly the same for both systems as per the wiki instructions.

          https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#why-cant-i-ssh-as-root-anymore

          Double checked that PermitRootLogin yes was saved correctly and it is on both systems.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
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            Make sure you haven't accidentally added or removed extra configuration options from the sshd_config, the error looks like sshd is not correctly set-up and the connection dies because of it.
            If you can, reset the sshd_config to the defaults and re-try.

            Why do you need to log in as root ?

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              ReadyPlayaWon Banned @mitu
              last edited by ReadyPlayaWon

              @mitu said in Have 2 Retropie Setups on 2 differents SD Card .. can SSH Login into 1 but not the other ?:

              the error looks like sshd is not correctly set-up and the connection dies because of it.

              it's setup exactly the same as the other system ... just double checked it again now.

              and can't even logon as root or even as non-root ... putty and winscp just throw up the error after i enter the correct IP address Logon (either as root or pi) and the correct passwords i've set

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
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                Check the status of the ssh service with sudo systemctl status ssh. Errors related to running services (including ssh) are logged in /var/log/auth.log, you can look there to spot any errors.
                To check and eliminate any network connectivity issues, try to use ssh from the same system (the Pi) with ssh localhost -v as the pi user and see if you can connect.

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                  ReadyPlayaWon Banned @mitu
                  last edited by

                  delete this post thread ... just gonna use the working SD Card instead.

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