On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 10:49:13AM -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > Just trying to figure out what I need to get ssh working on my box. The docs > > are ok at openssh.org but kinda confusing to me, not sure where to start. So if > > someone can suggest a nice book or some hints that would be cool. > > don't let the documentation overwhelm you... SSH is a very powerful tool; > but it's also *really* simple to use. the SSH man page ought to start out > with a 'quick start' paragraph; *then* launch into the scary whys and > hows and wherefores. > > most distros have ssh available as one of their packages now. install the > openssh, openssh-client, and/or openssh-server packages (or whatever they're > named in your preferred distro). openssl will be a requirement, so you will > have to install that, if you don't have it already. > > then just 'ssh <hostname>' from the box you installed on. > to set up an ssh server; run /etc/init.d/sshd start (or whatever the path > to the init script may be on your distro). > > it's all a heck of a lot simpler than the documentation makes it appear at > first. :) But not that simple: I remember having to mess around a couple of days 'till I figured out that I have to add sshd to "hosts.allow". florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4