SSH, otherwise known as "Secure Shell", is a method for securely connecting to a remote computer.
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Cancel SSH Session to Server
I use SSH to manage a server on my local network.
ssh username@192.168.1.210
Which works great. When I am finished in the server I normally just X out the command line window which fires a prompt ...
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Where do ltsp user accounts need to reside?
I've looked at the fan club ltsp install articles, but I cannot tell if the user accounts for my ltsp users need to reside only on the ltsp image. I believe that is the case, and I've added them ...
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Match directive breaks SSH
On my Ubunut server 12.04 LTS machine, I try to add a user with only sFTP or FTP access.
Let's call him 'Jim' for now. Jim only needs access to a directory /var/www/example.com.
So far I've tried ...
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How can I set up password-less SSH login?
I want to be able to login to a remote via ssh without having to enter the password all the time.
How do I set it up?
Is a different command required to execute a password-less session?
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Connecting ubuntu computers via ssh
I am trying to connect the computers on my home wifi network via SSH. But I get "connection refused". Here is a supporting image (ip address changed for security purposes).
Why is it refusing the ...
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Can't login to VPS with newly created account via ssh
Recently I've bought a VPS Server. I decided to install Ubuntu on it. I want to set up a git server on it but I have problem.
I've read I should create new account for this purpose. I've already ...
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Cannot view User Accounts on Linux Ubuntu 12.04
I am working on a fresh install of Linux Ubuntu 12.04 and for some reason I cannot seem to access the User Accounts. Through terminal I am able to establish ssh connection to the root account and to ...
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host key verification failed from “connect to server” utility
I am able to use SSH from terminal but I am not able to use it from "connect to Server.." utility.
it is showing the error in the dialog box as below:
Cannot display location ...
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What is terminal command that can show OpenGL version?
So I want to find out which is my OpenGL version. I have access to Ubuntu via SSH. Which command shall I execute?
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Cannot SSHFS mount user home directory
I am attempting to setup a centralized home-directory server through sshfs and pam-mount.
Currently I am stuck at this point:
When attempting to mount the remote home directory sshfs just gets ...
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Remote Play Movies/Music
I have a basic understanding of using SSH, as in that it allows you to access files on a remote server from a local client, to run on the remote server.
However, what I am trying to achieve is a way ...
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problem with nautilus using sftp in ubuntu 13.04
I'm accesing a ssh server with Nautilus and if I leave it without activity for a while and I try ti acces again to any folder, It doesnt respond at all until I unmount it... I think nautilus doesn't ...
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How can I let somone over ssh have access to pulseaudio?
I recently had a really good post here where I was able to figure out how to setup virtualgl and use it with X11 forwarding in ssh. I am using it to make a kind of multiseat setup. I only have one ...
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Git SSH authentication
First of all I would like to know in Ubuntu 12.04 how ssh authenticates key (like which files are referred for the public key).
Say for an example I have a user name gitolite I want to provide SSH ...
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How to DRP through ssh tunnel
So I have the following set up.
Note : Direct DRP wont work due to port forwarding and network reasons.
ClinetSystem | RemoteServer | VMinRemoteServer
what I am trying to do is create an SSH tunnel ...
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Ubuntu Server continues to want to upgrade after already fully upgrading
I upgraded my servers from 12.10 to 13.04 via SSH session.
All upgrades for each box were successful except for one, which failed to boot after rebooting (faulty harddrive it turns out).
After ...
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Install netbeans from a local computer to a remote workstation
I've downloaded the netbans.sh file from its official website and I'd like to install it to some workstations without having to copy it in any of those workstations.
Can I remotely ssh connect and ...
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SSH to open GUI on target machine?
I know -X -Y options in ssh for X11 forwarding.But these options open the gui apps on my pc.But I want to open a gui application "exactly" on target machine. So please help me with this. I tried this ...
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Java doesnt work if used from gnome
When I try to install something( which uses InstallAnywhere) from terminal in gnome I got something like that:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the ...
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juju bootstrap: “ERROR SSH authorized/public key not found”
I installed Ubuntu Server 12.10 in a VM and tried to setup Juju following these guides:
https://juju.ubuntu.com/get-started/
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How do I setup multiple minicom / Cisco console server sessions without too much hassle?
I'm working on my CCNA and have 4 switches & 4 routers which make up my main lab.
I bought two quad port USB to Serial (1 USB to 4 Serial) Adapters onto the ends of which I've attached 8 Serial ...
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Server running on ESX can ping outside and inside but cannot be pinged (or ssh) from the inside
Have identical vm's that do not have this problem
Those identical machines are the only machines that can actually ping and ssh to this certain box.
Disabled firewall
Added new nic that was e1000 and ...
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juju local error ERROR could not connect before timeout
juju -v status:
2013-04-07 18:11:20,888 DEBUG Initializing juju status runtime
2013-04-07 18:11:20,902:3553(0x7f739cef7700):ZOO_INFO@log_env@658: Client environment:zookeeper.version=zookeeper C ...
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13.04 No sound while running applications as seperate user
Firstly I have to say I'm really enjoying Ubuntu 13.04, many changes seem subtle but overall it seems to be a much improved experience over 12.10. Most notably the snappy gui responsivity is awesome.
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ssh mac error message: “Ygl: ginit: can't open display ”“ ” [closed]
I am trying to remotely get access to a mac using ssh. I tried to run a program in X11 But this error message always come out. I edited $sshd_config$ and $ssh_config$ on that mac trying to enable the ...
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Use existing ssh keypair in juju
How can I use an existing ssh keypair with juju? When running juju bootstrap I'm getting this error: error: environment has no access-key or secret-key.
I've already setup an ssh keypair a long time ...
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SSH/ SCP connection “Network is unreachable”
I have a problem with connecting to server via ssh. Everything was OK and I was connecting to server many times but today when i try connecting to server to send file using MC the program show me ...
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How do I set up an email alert when a ssh login is successful?
Does anyone have a bash script that will email or notify someone in the case of a successful login to a ssh server? I want to be notified if anyone logs into my personal box.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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fork: Cannot allocate memory
frequently getting 'fork: Cannot allocate memory' when running commands over ssh.
I have 4Gb of RAM and usually 2Gb free. This happens since I've upgraded ubuntu to 11.10.
Drives me crazy already. I ...
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Why can't Ubuntu access my Raspberry Pi across LAN?
Okay, I recently got a Raspberry Pi, and I got it connected to my Wi-Fi - I enabled the SSH and installed Hiawatha, and I could access it just fine from my Desktop, which was running Puppy Linux at ...
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SSH vs SMB vs NFS for GUI file transfer
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on many computers at my school (I am a teacher and the head tech dude). I use Clonezilla to massively clone desktops and laptops. I want to easily share the disk images ...
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Installed Xubuntu desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 server and now can't connect via SSH
I have a ubuntu 12.04 server that I could connect to fine using ssh over the internet. I installed the xubuntu desktop on it, didn't change any settings, then suddenly ssh stopped working.
I can ...
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How to SSH on a port other than 22
I have two computers behind the same router. Let's call them A and B.
A can SSH to B in the following manner: ssh usr@<internal ip of computer>
B can SSH to A by doing the same, but the ...
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Confused keys in ubuntu 13.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.04, and i add my ssh key to my github account, like always i did. I didn't had any problem to access to my own reports, i could clone my reports, etc... But today, maybe ...
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'w' command not showing users list when not root ('who' does)
I have multiple users logged on my server (ubuntu 12.10), with ssh. None of them has root privileges.
If I then log in with my admin account and type (without sudoing)
admin1@server:~$ w
the ...
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How to connect to existing X session without unlocking physical display?
I usually leave many programs running on my workstation and sometimes I need to use it remotely. So I need to connect to existing X session, while keeping physical display (workstation's monitor) ...
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Offline remote management tool
Do you know of any tools that support the remote management of a Linux desktop, without requiring online access?
I known of "online" alternatives and use them quite extensively (SSH and, for live ...
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Operation times out trying to SSH outside LAN i.e. from internet to LAN no connection is established
I run Ubuntu 12.04 and have no success connecting with SSH from "Internet". The router is a TL-MR3420 which is set up to forward requests to one of the NIC's on ubuntu machine (which has in total 3 ...
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Déjà Dup over SSH - where to enter my login credentials?
I'm trying to make a backup of my folder in my ubuntu 12.10.
I'm using BackUp in system setting using ssh, it can go through preparation file to backup.
but then failed. cannot have permission to ...
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SSH to the Ubuntu host machine from a Ubuntu VirtualBox guest?
I would like to SSH into my host (Kubuntu 12.04 64 bit) machine from a VirtualBox guest running Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit. The host has the latest VirtualBox from the Ubuntu repos (4.1.12). The guest was a ...
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Is it possible to SSH through port 80?
I am behind a network firewall that doesn't let me ssh through the default port. Because of that, I can't push any bzr branches to my repository. I would like to know if it is possible to somehow ...
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Font alias for remote X server connection
I am connecting to remote server to launch an X application (qmon).
After I type ssh myserver -X and launch the application, I get the following error:
Warning: Cannot convert string ...
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Command Prompt Stopped Listening to Me; Feeling Rejected
I'm SSHing into my headless Ubuntu 11.04 Server using PuTTY, and I'm in a byobu session.
I started a mysql_safe daemon because I was trying to fix a password problem I was having with mysql. I was ...
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Two RSA keys for the same computer?
Is it possible to have multiple RSA keys for the same host (ip address)?
Can I just add the same ip address (host) twice with two different keys in the known_hosts file?
Or is there a proper ...
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Cannot establish ssh connection to computer on local network
I've just (re)installed ubuntu 11.10 on my main pc, and the connection times out every time I try to ssh connect to my laptop (over the local network) to retrieve the files I backed up there. The ...
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ssh -Y to Mac from Ubuntu
I'm trying to use gnuplot on a MAC server by logging from my Ubuntu 10.04. I use command ssh -Y user@server to remotely access the MAC server. When I give a command for plotting, the graph appears on ...
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XVNC, X11RDP, SSH no longer able to login
I've had my Ubuntu 12.10 Server up and running for just over 2 months now and all was working well until I started to fiddle a little. I wanted to be able to login from my Windows 7/8 computers via ...
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openssh on ubuntu 8.1 [closed]
i cant get openssh server. i guess cause i am on 8.1 and my repositories are all jacked up. i dont want update to a new distro cause everything is working and i dont want to break it. i do however ...
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Find Randomart of existing ssh key
I created an ssh key with ssh-keygen, and I got this output as a result:
The key fingerprint is:
84:21:3d:ab:d5:5e:05:a0:b6:ab:0f:33:af:3b:3b:82 cidr@randombox
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA ...
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How to solve: “Connect to host some_hostname port 22: Connection timed out”
I have two Ubuntu machines. Both have openssh-client and openssh-server installed on them. ssh-ing from machine G (fresh Ubuntu 11.10 installation) to machine K works great. But ssh-ing from machine K ...
