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How do i setup SSH on RedHat 8.0

Hi All,

Im new to linux buthave been informed that i must setup SSH2. To be honest i haven't a clue. If anyone could give a step by step guide, it would be more than appreciated.

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Dean

Ustas

At its simplest modifying /etc/ssh/sshd_config for minor adjustments and then running /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start
should be anough on RH8.0

However if you wish to setup sshd from sources you need to download openssh sources as well as latest openssl sources and build shared libraries of the last one.

Gabriel Orozco

mmhh...

ssh is enabled by default in RH 8

you should be able to connect to it from any ssh client.

try it

MaartenS

http://www.tldp.org has alot of howto documents on howto accomplish things in linux dude... I think u might be helped to have a peek in there.

Also a suggestion to use as ssh client is putty.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Good luck

DeanMannion

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Thanks People,

So whats the difference between SSH, SSHD and SSH2.And can this service only be used from the command prompt. How can i limit users to there own folder?

Dean

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masa77

If you want to limit users to their own folders... you have to build jails... from http://www.gsyc.inf.uc3m.es/~assman/index.html you find simple script for handling em...and the configuration examples.
Have used it myself and have worked as should work.

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jcroson

The best solution for me was to read LinuxJournal Issue #81 and #82, written by the Paranoid Penguin, a.k.a. Mick Bauer. It takes you step by step through the process of setting this up. I would suggest you use key authentication only, and if you want to chroot your users, try using SE Linux. It will handle what you may want to do.

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