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How do I SSH to a machine name?
To log in to your computer, type your computer’s name or IP address into the “Host Name (or IP address)” box, click on the “SSH” radio button, then click “Open”. You will be asked for your username and password, then you’ll get a command-line on your Linux computer.
How do I connect to a remote server using SSH?
How to Connect via SSH
- Open the SSH terminal on your machine and run the following command: ssh your_username@host_ip_address.
- Type in your password and hit Enter.
- When you are connecting to a server for the very first time, it will ask you if you want to continue connecting.
What is the host name in SSH?
HostName – The server host (domain or ipaddress) Port – The port to use when connecting. User – The username to log in with. IdentityFile – The SSH key identity to use to log in with, if using SSH key access.
Is the SSH config correct for this user?
I know for sure that the sshd_config is correct, the .ssh folder and authorized_keys have the right permissions, and the user has the /bin/sh line in /etc/passwd (instead of /sbin/nologin). Everything has been running fine for months. But now, when I login with this user, I get the message “Permission denied, please try again.”.
How to know if SSH authentication is failing?
You need to run ssh (the client, and possibly the server) with more verbosity to understand why authentication is failing. For the client, run On the server end, check the logs. /var/log/auth.log will give you a pretty good idea about what happens when you try to login, look for messages that contain sshd.
Can You login to your server via SSH?
I’m using Linode, and I’ve asked around on the IRC channels, but no one seems to know. I’ve logged into my server via LISH ( reference ), and I used the correct password, and everything went fine. However, I need to login via SSH/FTP, and I can’t. It keeps on giving me “permission denied”.
How to make a non-administrator ssh login work?
Add `io_user` to the administrators group in the DSM GUI, which as it seems is unavoidable for ssh login to work. In the GUI, you can remove all permissions except for FTP/rsync (depending on your use case) and read/write access to the desired volumes.