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I added users to my server, but when I try to login, it prompts me for a password, which I never put in. Do any of you know what the default password is? Also, I would like to setup SFTP, so can anyone help me with that?

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You cannot use SSH to login to a User Account that does not exist on the host machine or that does not yet have a password

To use OpenSSH, your host machine running the ssh service must have at least one <username> with a corresponding password. If the <username> on the host machine that you would like to use does not yet have a password, on the host machine do:

sudo passwd username

Now you should be able to login to your host machine using ssh from a client machine.

  • Note that SFTP is included in the ssh daemon, so in a terminal on the client machine:

    sftp [email protected]

Alternatively, if you simply want to use sftp to visually access the host machine's filesystem (e.g., using Nautilus)

  1. Open Nautilus on the client machine
  2. Select File > Connect to Server
  3. Type: SSH
  4. Server: Enter your host machine's IP address
  5. Port: port number specified in host machine's sshd_config file
  6. User name: username
  7. Password: password

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  • Do I need to be in an certain directory for this command? I'm a Linux newbie.
    – JWENG8
    Nov 8, 2013 at 2:42
  • No, you can execute it from any directory. :)
    – Just1602
    Nov 8, 2013 at 4:04
  • When I do the command it gives me a no user name error. Do I need to create an account for SSH?
    – JWENG8
    Nov 9, 2013 at 3:44
  • You need to replace username by the username of the user you add on the server and you need to execute this command on the server.
    – Just1602
    Nov 10, 2013 at 1:14

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