Question
PuTTY gives "Network error: Software caused connection abort" and closes....why?
- Posted on March 1, 2015
Asked by support762221
I want to use PuTTY with username and password instead of ssh keys.
I edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config and uncommented '#PasswordAuthentication yes ’
Then I restarted ssh with ‘service ssh restart’
But, when I try and use PuTTY to log into server PuTTY does not connect and gives the “Network error: Software caused connection abort” message.
What am I screwing up?
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If you are continually encountering this issue I would recommend attempting to log into the console in the control panel. If you have a password and shell set for your user you will be able to log in there as it does not depend on your ssh service. I would then recommend checking /var/log/auth.log and the other log files in /var/log for your ssh login attempts and you should find more information on why they failed.
I had this problem, the problem was the router. Configure Putty to send “Keepalives”. This solution works for me: i had used keep alive time. with this solution https://www.hostingride.in/content/solved-network-error-software-caused-connection-abort-winscp-error-putty-keepalives
but last i used url or official winscp website and it;s worked for me https://winscp.net/eng/docs/message_software_caused_connection_abort
This may even happen if there is IP conflict in the network. Try to turn of the network service in the machine by manually loggingin to that eaither via console or direct keyboard then stop the network service.
Now after that try to ping the same IP there may be some loss but still if ping works then for sure it is having IP conflict