How to enable default SSH?

[hungryOrb]

Hi,
Please could someone briefly just tell me what SSH is, and how to enable it for remote access? If there is no default, I am quite happy trudging through a more complete resource to find answers.. ;]
Good morning~

[Oldsoldier2003]

Hi,
Please could someone briefly just tell me what SSH is, and how to enable it for remote access? If there is no default, I am quite happy trudging through a more complete resource to find answers.. ;]
Good morning~

Are you trying to enable remote users to ssh into your machine? if this is the case


sudo apt-get install openssh-server

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto

[Joeb454]

Morning :)

It's a Secure Shell basically. To enable it for remote access in another location, you would need to dabble in port-forwarding with some routers etc.

You need the "openssh-server" package installed on the remote machine too :)

[hungryOrb]

Thanks very much. =)

[Portmanteaufu]

Once you've got openssh-server installed on the machine you're going to be trying to SSH to, you can log in to that machine by using the command:

ssh username@ipaddress

or

ssh ipaddress -l username

If the computer you're trying to reach is behind a router, you'll have to forward port 22 to the right machine. If you go to

http://portforward.com/routers.htm

They provide free, router-model-specific instructions on how to forward a port.

[Joeb454]

It might be better to change the port, but that may be getting a little advanced ;)

[bodhi.zazen]

See thses links :

SSHHowto

AdvancedOpenSSH