SSH only working on port 22

[dynsight]

I hope everyone is well today.

I would like to run ssh server on a port other than 22.

SSH works fine both inside and outside (using port forwarding). HOWEVER,

if I go to ssh_confing and change the port to port xxxx following the guidelines here: https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/server/...sh-server.html

(adding 'Port xxx") to the ssh_config file.

I get the following message when I type "ssh localhost":

ssh: connect to host localhost port xxxx: Connection refused

I also issued a "ufw allow xxxx", and it did update the table... but I still cannot connect on the specified port.

I am running this on Ubunto Server 8.10, and there is no firewall set up. I have tried various ports, and I did restart the server after each change to ssh_config. If I must, I will run on port 22, but I prefer a wee bit more security.

Please do not respond with router issue, this is not connecting through the router at all. I am just trying to connect from the local machine (localhost).


In Summary:
ssh localhost (works on port 22)
ssh localhost (does not work on any other port other than 22... connection refused).

Thank you

[dynsight]

I was editing the wrong file..

It is sshd_config not ssh_config