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I'm trying to change the port number, and I've found a few answers on here from the past, most saying that you should use the following code.

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

or

modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config

The modify one (for me) comes back with a "Does not exist"/"Nothing found", and nano brings me back a blank page when people are saying it should have port numbers. Am I doing something wrong?

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  • It looks like you don't have that file, did you already install openssh-server, so there is something to actually configure?
    – Mike
    Jul 17, 2015 at 9:01

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If the file comes up as blank when trying to edit using nano then the file is being created, as it doesn't already exist. This can also happen if you mis-type the filename.

To check whether the file is there:

cd /etc/ssh

Followed by:

ls -lh

This will output a list of files in the /etc/ssh directory. If the file doesn't exist, then you may need to reinstall, try:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install openssh-server
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Here's how you set up ssh.

You already have a ssh client with which you can connect to other machines. But if you want other systems to connect to you, you must install a ssh server like this:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Once you did that, edit your ssh congiuration file to change the port:

sudoedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Here nano is a command line based text editor. You should change Port 22 to the port which you want. To exit the editor, press Ctrl + X

Finally you need to restart the ssh daemon for the changes to reflect, so on 14.10 or older:

sudo service ssh restart

Or if you're running Ubuntu 15.04 or later,

sudo systemctl restart sshd.service

That's it!

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  • Ooh, even stevens on rep points! I've got to +1 for such a complete answer though!
    – Arronical
    Jul 17, 2015 at 9:13
  • @Arronical Your answer is to the point. But the OP seems a little inexperienced. So I thought of writing one like this.
    – daltonfury42
    Jul 17, 2015 at 10:01
  • service isn't going to cut it if OP is using systemd (15.04 onwards)
    – Squidly
    Jul 17, 2015 at 11:50
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    Use sudoedit instead of sudo nano.
    – Martin Schröder
    Jul 17, 2015 at 13:24
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    Arronical, @daltonfury42 thanks both of you, I fixed it. And yes, daltonfury42 I am extremely inexperienced. My boss gave me a bunch of tasks to do with setting up ubuntu, writing codes in nano and bash when I had never even heard of these things before. Thank you guys so much. I couldn't decide who to put as the "Answer" because you both helped.
    – Brandon
    Jul 20, 2015 at 22:37

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