Getting started with SSH Tutorial
Getting started with SSH Tutorial - Connecting to your server with SSH
Secure
Shell (SSH), sometimes known as Secure Socket Shell, is a UNIX-based
command interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote
computer. It is widely used by network administrators to control Web
and other kinds of servers remotely. SSH is actually a suite of three
utilities - slogin, ssh, and scp - that are secure versions of the
earlier UNIX utilities, rlogin, rsh, and rcp. SSH commands are
encrypted and secure in several ways. Both ends of the client/server
connection are authenticated using a digital certificate, and passwords
are protected by being encrypted. SSH uses RSA public key cryptography
for both connection and authentication. Encryption algorithms include
Blowfish, DES, and IDEA. IDEA is the default.
The
server you are connecting to must be running SSH, and you must be
running a secure shell client on your own machine as well, more details
on getting a secure shell client are below.
Step
1) Download the SSH client on your local machine, we are assuming
you’re using Windows. If not then see other PuTTY download options
here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Windows PuTTY Download
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
Step 2) Save the file to your desktop and double click it.
Step 3) You should see a something that looks like this, asking you what server you want to connect to.
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Step 4) Enter your servers IP and click on Open.
Step 5) Enter your account’s username to connect then enter your password.
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Step 6) Change to the root user, type: su –
That’s it! You have now logged into your server using SSH.
Now get comfortable with it and learn some shell/SSH commands in the article listed below.
