OpenSSH setup help needed

[remus]

Hi all,

Thought I'd try to setup openssh to access a print server i'm trying to setup.

i've installed the openssh extension

openssh.tcz is visable in the onboot items window in AppsAudit Tool

When the pc boots up, and I run the services tool, openssh is available but turned off, if I click on openssh in the services tool I can turn it on and off. Whilt its turned on, I tried to access the server from another windows client using putty with root@10.1.1.202 but got an error message (Network Error: connection refused)

I hunted around the forum and found a few tips about adding

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/usr/local/etc/init.d/openssh start to /opt/bootlocal.sh but this did not work on reboot

I tried running

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sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/openssh start from the terminal and got the following error

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Config file /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshdd_config not found
Any suggestions welcome

[Rich]

Hi remus
Check the info tab for openssh in appbrowser, it contains instructions about the config files.

[remus]

Thanks Rich,

I'll check it out when I get to work tomorrow. Will post update

[beerstein]

Hi: I also ran into some problems while trying to get ssh working. Here is what I did:

1) install openssl-0.9..tcz and openssh.tcz
2) search for the config files in /usr/local/etc/ssh
there should be two files:
ssh_config.example  and sshd_config.example

3) copy these over as ssh_config and sshd_config

4) now start editing these files

5) start with:
$ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/openssh start

6) check out which password is required

7) make sure that ssh config files are kept permanent by adding them to /opt/.filetool.lst

test it while trying to ssh into your own machine:

$ ssh tc@localhost

If you need more detailed info please let me know or somebody else can jump in here and add
some more detailed or even better info.

[remus]

Hi beerstein, sorry for the late replay, i've been distracted with some other projects.

I just got back to this one and had a crack following your directions.

I skipped step 4 as its my first time looking at the files and thought i'd have a quick try without reading.

So i started the server with your instructions at step 5.

Not sure about step 6 as in the past i use username and password to access via ssh into debian.

I can use ssh tc@localhost ok

I can also use putty from windows to access the virtual machine i'm testing vmware on at home ok with root@192.168.157.133 and no problems

I am guessing that by leaving the sshd_config file default is a bit of a security risk, but its working, i will make time in the months ahead to lean more about hand coding that file.

Thanks for your easy to follow guide 

Just my opinion, but perhaps openssh would be a good one for the wiki
I have a plan of leaning how to setup a tinycore or better yet, microcore print server with the custom settings files on the same CD as tinycore/microcore, the server would not even need a hard drive.

[atish]

I am unable to copy the two example files.

Please elaborate steps for newbies

Thans

[atish]

ok I found the method to copy the files

sudo cp ssh_config.example ssh_config
sudo cp sshd_config.example sshd_config

worked for me.