Installing a SSH Server on Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.10

This code has also been tested and is working with Ubuntu 9.10

If you are planning on using you new Ubuntu installation remotely you will need to install an SSH server.

The most popular choice for SSH server on the linux platform is Open SSH. As with most common packages installation on Ubuntu is very straight forward.

sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client

It may take a while to install all the dependancies if you are installing on a new system. Once it has finished you can test it with

ssh localhost

To access the machine remotely you may need to configure your firewall to allow SSH connections. There are a few graphical applications that will let you do this easily – search Add/Remove Programs for firewall.

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