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Hello,
I'm experiencing problems with ssh'ing to Ubuntu guest system from Windows XP. I've setup everything according to documentation, src and dst ports equal to 2222. However when I do 'netstat -na | grep 2222' on Windows host it reports that there is no port opened. I've googled for the solution for a while but I haven't found a right one yet.
Any help will be appreciated

Output of getextradata:

C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox>vboxmanage getextradata "Ubuntu" enumerate
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.2
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Key: GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime, Value: yes
Key: GUI/ShowMiniToolBar, Value: yes
Key: GUI/LastCloseAction, Value: powerOff
Key: GUI/LastWindowPostion, Value: 5,25,720,440
Key: GUI/Fullscreen, Value: off
Key: GUI/Seamless, Value: off
Key: GUI/AutoresizeGuest, Value: on
Key: GUI/MiniToolBarAutoHide, Value: on
Key: Vbox Internal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/Protocol, Value: TCP
Key: Vbox Internal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/HostPort, Value: 2222
Key: Vbox Internal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/GuestPort, Value: 2222

PS: I can provide some more information about systems,hardware,configuration etc. if needed.

I think you have a configuration error. See the output of my NAT forward below

You're right , but changes didn't help.

C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox>VBoxManage getextradata Ubuntu enumer
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.2
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Key: GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime, Value: yes
Key: GUI/ShowMiniToolBar, Value: yes
Key: GUI/LastCloseAction, Value: powerOff
Key: GUI/LastWindowPostion, Value: 24,40,720,440
Key: GUI/Fullscreen, Value: off
Key: GUI/Seamless, Value: off
Key: GUI/AutoresizeGuest, Value: on
Key: GUI/MiniToolBarAutoHide, Value: on
Key: VboxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/Protocol, Value: TCP
Key: VboxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/GuestPort, Value: 3333
Key: VboxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/HostPort, Value: 3333

C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox>netstat -na | grep 3333

Firewall?

Nope, it is disabled.

I don't profess to be the best at port forwarding but having the host and guest port set to the same thing just does not look right to me.

I've changed that as well ,but it doesn't work either.

Whatever the case now, there is one thing I wonder and the TS failed to mention: Is the VM actually running? If it isn't, how do you think it can open a port if the process that's supposed to listen to it isn't running?

Of course it is running with sshd listening. I can connect to it inside VM.

So you ran the netstat command while the VM was running? Ok, that's strange. Now, you installed openssh-server in the guest since sshd is running, did you also try to connect to localhost with an SSH client like Putty from the Host? And how can you use grep on the Host? Did you install cygwin?

Yup. I have tried to connect with either ssh command line client and putty. And , yes, I have cygwin installed on my Windows Host system. As I said, there is no needed port opened on host so there is nothing ssh client can bound to.