how to enable ssh recieving in debian 4

tapan_chugh · 03-20-2008, 05:05 AM

I have installed Debian 4 inside virtualbox on my windows XP. I tried to ssh into my debian using putty but I recieved an error about connection refused. Please help. Thanks in advance

oxleyk · 03-20-2008, 06:16 AM

Try this. http://www.google.com and enter "debian enable ssh" (without quotes)

lucazorzi · 03-20-2008, 07:14 AM

Have you installed the "openssh-server" package?

Telemachos · 03-20-2008, 08:15 AM

By default, Debian has an ssh client, but not an ssh server. So you can ssh out of a Debian box as soon as it's installed, but you can't ssh into one. As lucazorzi says, you need to install a server. You can do it as easily as this:

Code:

aptitude install ssh

You need to log into a terminal as root to do that, by the way. Enter su and then your root password when it asks for it. Then do the aptitude command.

tapan_chugh · 03-21-2008, 04:08 AM

The next error is connection getting timed out. What do I do next