SSH, otherwise known as "Secure Shell", is a method for securely connecting to a remote computer.

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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 ...
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How do I open a new terminal window to ssh into a new computer and execute commands?

Basically, I have a computer that I have to ssh into and pull up about 8 terminals to monitor various threads and log files. I would like to have a script from my build machine that can do this all ...
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Execute a command on local computer from a connected remote SSH host?

Say I have connected to a remote computer via SSH. From a program on this remote computer, I need to execute a command on my local computer (the connection initiator). Which raises the question: is ...
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How to pass arguments in a script using gnome-terminal

As part of a script I have gnome-terminal -e "process involving another user" Once executed this line, I have to write in the terminal 3 times the password of this user. I wonder how can I automate ...
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How can I open port 22 for Sparkleshare?

How can I open port 22 for Sparkleshare? Every time I run dazzle create name_of_the_project (Sparkleshare) it gives the address but does no show the port as it should be. Example: it shows: ...
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Can't start, stop, or interface with SSH service

Having really bizarre behavior with ssh. I have the ssh-server running fine, configured ufw (firewall) fine as well. However, it seems I can't manage ssh as a service or through /etc/init.d/ssh. I ...
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SSH from external network refused

I've installed open-ssh-server on my home computer(running Lubuntu 12.04.1) in order to connect to it from school. This is how I've set up the sshd_config file: # Package generated configuration file ...
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Setting up ssh and sftp for multiple users

I am trying to setup an sftp server and I am having issues getting it to work exactly as I like. My server has two hard drives, the first is used for the os, and it contains all of the users home ...
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default shell for remote commands through ssh

I have the following setup on my ubuntu 10.04 box ~$ echo $SHELL /bin/bash ~$ grep $USER /etc/passwd ubuntu:x:1000:1000:Ubuntu,,,:/home/ubuntu:/bin/bash However, when I run a remote command, zsh ...
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Terminal app on Ubuntu Touch nexus 4

I want to install the Terminal app on ubuntu touch. When i ssh to the nexus4 device and run sudo apt-get install terminal i get this error. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
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How to set up remote desktop through ssh

I only have ssh access to machine (user and root). So what I want is to set up remote desktop so I can check what's going on, but I will not have physical access to it. Is there a way to view the ...
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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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Unable to see 12.10 on network or connect via ssh

I am sure I am missing something very obvious but cannot figure it out. I am trying to connect to my Ubuntu 12.10 machine via connectbot on my phone. In 12.04 this worked no problem, since I ...
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What is the best way to bypass China firewall to allow SSH deploy@**.com

I am trying to bypass the china firewall and allow SSH deploy@**.com at the command console. This is because I need to test the games I wrote on apps.facebook.com/**. I tried VPN (both pptp and ...
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Trying connect by SSH and get “access denied” by localtunnel

Hey I installed localtunnel - http://progrium.com/localtunnel/ and I tried connect from my laptop using putty(I even unckecked attempt gssapi authentication) and I receive login as: hsf ...
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ssh multiple clients

Hi I am new to ssh server but I have successfully been running it on other Ubuntu 12.04 computers. The latest computer I set up with openssh-server only seems to allow one shared connection between ...
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Can't ssh into my ubuntu vps

I have a vps running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I have installed openSSH but I can't connect to it with putty. I get error saying Network error:Connection timed out. How to fix this?
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AutoSSH for a robust tunnel

I'm trying to start an ssh tunnel from A to B and have it run despite things like: period network/wifi drops on A and remote server reboot on B. My ssh tunnel starts using upstart script on A with ...
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How to create a VNC server such that each user can have access using its own user/password combination

I would like to know which software of what is the procedure to create a VNC server such that each user can have access using its own user/password combination ?
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“PTY allocation request failed” error when trying to connect using SSH

I'm trying to log into Ubuntu desktop. I get the following error message: PTY allocation request failed What does it mean and how to connect to my desktop? This is the output with -v: debug1: ...
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Is there any mechanism that blocks connections by IP address in a default 11.04 installation?

On a default installation of 11.04 desktop (running inside a VM), I'm getting a strange phenomena in which occasionally some people can't ssh into their account in the regular way (they simply get a ...
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Connecting to SSH/RDP/VNC through one machine?

I am asked to come up with a solution for connection to ssh, vnc and rdp services in company firewall/proxy via one box on DMZ. The task is to get users to connect to this one box and then to the ...
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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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How to programmatically log-in a user remotely

How do I programmatically and remotely (using SSH) log-in a user so that the lightdm login screen closes and loads the user's desktop as thought they had physical typed in their username and password? ...
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I am not able to access the remote Network Drive now what to do?

I am not able to access the remote desktop initially but then i used remmina remote desktop client, on accessing through it and while logging on to the server the following dialogue occurs "the ...
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How to install software raid 0 on ubuntu 12.04 server with mdadm?

I need to install a software raid-0 array on a Ubuntu 12.04 server with mdadm through commandline (SSH). The drive setup is as follows: SDA = OS SSD SDB = HDD for raid 0 SDC = HDD for raid ...

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