[SOLVED] Using Putty with Server

[grs]

I've beening having trouble getting Putty to connect to Ubuntu Server from my Windows XP PC. At first I thought it was the network, but that seems to be working fine.
Could not be connecting because for the sudo command that has to go before everything on Ubuntu Server?
Any ideas on how to connect putty to the server?

[windependence]

how are you connecting? You should be doing:

user@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

You should not be trying to connect as root, that won't work. Use your user account and sudo after you get signed on.

-Tim

[grs]

Under host name/ip, I had been just typing in the IP of the ubuntu server on port 22, via SSH. When I tryied connecting it says connection refused. Should I have something setup on the server to recieve it?

[windependence]

Yes, you need to install OpenSSH server before you can do this.

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Hope this helps.

-Tim

[grs]

The open ssh server guide from here

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverg...istration.html

is all I need, right?
The little experience I've had with linux, this must have been setup automatically at install.

[windependence]

Once you install, you should be able to connect without tweaking anything.

-Tim

[grs]

When I tryied installing server I got the following

Package not available, but is reffered to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source.

Client it said was already newest version.
I found a file called /etc/ssh/ssh_config rather than sshd_config

I did have trouble connecting to my network, how can I tell from the server if it can connect to the internet?

[windependence]

See if you can do a ping yahoo.com from the server.

-Tim

[grs]

After typing in ping www.yahoo.com it just comes back with unknown host

[crachel]

type in 'ifconfig'

you should see 'eth0', if not there is something wrong with your network connection