MottS Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 ok .. eeee... where to start. I installed the 3 following packages related to ssh 1) openssh-3.4p1-4mdk 2) openssh-client-3.4p1-4mdk 3) openssh-server-3.4p1-4mdk Then I started ssh by typing service sshd start I then opened port 22 on my firewall via MCC->Security->Firewall (clic on SSH) Then, from school I connected to port 22 of my computer, entered my Linux user name (gd) and my password and BAM .. I was in my $HOME directory. This is it ? I mean it is that simple to remotly access my machine SECURELY ? Please tell me that I'm wrong .. I'm not used to simple thing like that in Linux ... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: THKX MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Thats it thats all. On my server I installed SSH, started it and in webmin I changed the port to something other then the standard one. Then opened and forwared that port back on the firewall and am happily wandering around on the server from work. You may not be used to it working that easily but that's definatly how easy it should be. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted December 20, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 YESSSSER !!!!!!!!! I love Linux Thx Ronin ! MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Didn't it prompt you to accept a key or anything the first time you logged in? I think it should have... But yes, once you have accepted that key from your machine, its pretty much telnet with encryption! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted December 20, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Yes it told me some stuff about keys .. then I accepted, entered my username and password and it was like a console on my box but remotly. I disconnected and reconnected a couple of times to see what would happen with the key thing and didn't bother me anymore proving that I had the right key and it was the right server (no middle-in-the-middle attack) MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Didn't it prompt you to accept a key or anything the first time you logged in? I think it should have... But yes, once you have accepted that key from your machine, its pretty much telnet with encryption! Yes it should have prompted him for a key. And as I scroll down I see that's hes allready responded too. heh Is it beer o'clock yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 If you really want to get blown away, try logging on through ssh and then run a graphical application... :wink: Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted December 21, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 I've try to tunnel TighVNC through ssh but not been able yet. I'm confortable with a console so plain ssh and sftp will be enough... MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 If you really want to get blown away, try logging on through ssh and then run a graphical application... :wink: Glitz. eeep now thats something I didn't expect to happen. Does it do that if I ssh from a windows box also? Now theres something I"m just going to HAVE to try Monday from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted December 21, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Yes you can Ronin. I don't know if you know about VNC but you can use it with ssh. VNC is the equivalent to PCanywhere in windows. However it is of course open source AND cross-platform :D .. lucky us ! Some details that may be of interest for you if you want to try. ** VNC (server and client) is on your mandrake cds ! .. this is called TightVNC Home site of TightVNC: http://www.tightvnc.com/ VNC in general: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/docs.html To connect from a linux box to a linux server using VNC and SSH: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html To connect from a windows box to a linux server using VNC and SSH: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshwin.html Some doc from mandrakeuser.org about VNC and SSH together: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/sssh5.html#vnc If you are succesfull tell me here... I want to try !!!!! MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Yes you can Ronin. I don't know if you know about VNC but you can use it with ssh. VNC is the equivalent to PCanywhere in windows. However it is of course open source AND cross-platform :D .. lucky us !/quote] Not VNC Motts but thanks anyhow, I use SMS at work and when I ran WIndows at home PCanywhere to connect to machines.. It was Glitzs suggestion to open a ssh session then run a gui application that I was asking about. On my linux box it opened the that I typed the command to launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 If you really want to get blown away, try logging on through ssh and then run a graphical application... :wink: Glitz. eeep now thats something I didn't expect to happen. Does it do that if I ssh from a windows box also? Now theres something I"m just going to HAVE to try Monday from work. I don't know. It tunnels to the host system's X window server. Since X windows is not running on the windows machine I don't think it will work. It can't hurt to try though... Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 I don't know. It tunnels to the host system's X window server. Since X windows is not running on the windows machine I don't think it will work. It can't hurt to try though...Glitz. Yep no kidding. Its going to be interesting to see what happens in either case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 Wait a sec...You can run x apps over ssh, I do it all the time... But it takes some setup.. Here's what you do: You need to download and install the new Cygwin (or if you have an older version of Cygwin, you need to download the Xfree86 bits for it) Cygwin and Xfree86 are HUGE. Once set up, you can then type startxwin.sh in a cygwin bash shell and it will start an xwindows session. From there, you can ssh with the -X option and it will allow you to run X applications over SSH. There are also other xservers for windows that you can buy.. but why bother, this one is free and really nice. It's nice, but I have found that it is slower than VNC. But it really depends on the app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted December 23, 2002 Report Share Posted December 23, 2002 you can get an X windows client( server?) for windows so that you can run X apps via ssh with the display on your windows machine. I can't remeber where you get them from, but I do remeber finding it pretty easily with a simple search on google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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