From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 00:13:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA17158 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:13:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au (babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au [130.194.166.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA17152 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:13:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au) Received: from babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA20902; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:13:01 +1000 Message-Id: <199809210713.RAA20902@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:12:57 +1000 (EST) From: Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au Reply-To: Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au Subject: Re: remote login via SSH To: satya@dspsoft.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; BOUNDARY="-1031644250-1033140246-906361985=:16071" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ---1031644250-1033140246-906361985=:16071 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII On 21 Sep, Satya Devireddy wrote: > >> I have to login to our server remotely most of the time. Someone >> suggested I use ssh for that. I have looked at the ports and the >> description of ssh, but is there more information somewhere? Do I >> use telnet, should I install stuff on my remote computer. etc. A step- >> by-step guide would be nice :) > > ssh is real nice. > It should be installed on both the machines. > (snip) > Things I observed: > the usernames on both machines should be the same. Not necessary. You can override this with ssh by using the -l flag. You can also configure this permanently in your .ssh/config file, which also allows you to scp to machines with a different username as well. Cheers Graeme -- Graeme Cross -- Water Studies Centre, Monash University Random thought #31 (Collect all 229) George Orwell was an optimist. ---1031644250-1033140246-906361985=:16071 Content-Type: APPLICATION/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.3i iQB1AwUBNgX8emAiycRwLbVJAQGoeAMAjL/gnwLYf92IuDfGnjXOLLGtUrq9bfnm fVuA/NYVh1ORtAVfmGh1cT2c2U5A+1gthgWOdUW6admQhkoBoTmWSG/IxL8ZIsGF vVGkzlySXRlG2DdN1gje1LVuN1FcTehZ =Oh5d -----END PGP MESSAGE----- ---1031644250-1033140246-906361985=:16071-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message