You may also have to go into /etc/ssh and set the config options. I turn X11 forwarding on (because I use that a lot) and turn root logins off. Then for the most part it's kewl. *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Jim Holthaus wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Richard Humphrey wrote: > > I have installed the openssh rpm from Mandrakes site. What I would like to > > know is what do i need to do to get it working properly. Is there a guide > > somewhere that can walk me through the configuration process? What do I run > > first? etc... I have posted this to the ssh list but it doesnt generate > > much traffic? > > ssh is a secured communications protocol that functions largely as a drop-in > replacement for telnet. You need the client program (ssh) to communicate to the > server program (sshd). > > The client program should work pretty much out of the box without any > additional configuration. Just connect to the server you want to work on with a > command like this: > > ssh -l <username> <server.name> > > see man ssh for more details and more tricky things you can do. If ssh works, > scp will probably work, too. See man scp for more information. > > The server program will require some configuration to make sure it's doing what > you want. On Mandrake Linux the configuration file is in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. > Please see man sshd for details on this configuration information because it > can get complex. > - -- > Jim Holthaus (pronunciation: HOLT house) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP Public Key at http://www.holthaus.com/jim/pgpkey.html > Learn about PGP at http://www.holthaus.com/jim/pgp.html > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.1 > > iQA/AwUBOeYCsH3IcJJ+eC/CEQIpXwCcDAGcQyHSGrjaeE92wb9tnOSqieYAoK5f > Fa6/UtfiPI4+ylII5YyPJWfX > =T9SM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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