Bash Ubuntu on Windows 10, connect to host port 22: Connection Failure

Question

I just installed the Bash Ubuntu on Windows 10 natively. When I try and acess a remote server I get ssh: connect to host HOSTNAME port 22: Connection refused

I have tried to find a solutions, but the solutions doesn't work.

This is what I have tried: https://askubuntu.com/questions/59458/error-message-sudo-unable-to-resolve-host-user/733120#733120

When I could not acess /etx/hosts I tried this:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/326239/cannot-access-etc-hosts

After downloading gksudo to try and edit /etc/hosts I got this error message (gksudo:2601): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Answer 1

Are u sure everything is correctly setup?

I just tried ssh -T git@github.com in my Bash on Ubuntu on Windows.

and it totally works Returning

Hi <usernamer>! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

Maybe you have some settings that prevent connections? for example in ~/.bashrc?

Maybe your server needs a different port? use ssh -p 2222 for that.