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To install the SSH server, install the package with apt-get: | |||
<source lang=bash> | |||
apt-get install openssh-server | |||
</source> | |||
Debian Stretch by default disallows logins directly from the user "root". Additionally, SSH will not allow remote connections without a password or valid SSH key pair. This means in order to SSH to the device, a user account must first be created, and a password set: | |||
<source lang=bash> | |||
useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash newuser | |||
passwd newuser | |||
</source> | |||
After this setup it is now possible to connect to the device as user "newuser" from a remote PC supporting SSH. On Linux/OS X this is the "ssh" command, or from Windows using a client such as [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY]. | |||
Latest revision as of 13:11, 23 August 2019
To install the SSH server, install the package with apt-get:
apt-get install openssh-server
Debian Stretch by default disallows logins directly from the user "root". Additionally, SSH will not allow remote connections without a password or valid SSH key pair. This means in order to SSH to the device, a user account must first be created, and a password set:
useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash newuser
passwd newuser
After this setup it is now possible to connect to the device as user "newuser" from a remote PC supporting SSH. On Linux/OS X this is the "ssh" command, or from Windows using a client such as PuTTY.