how to ssh into windows machine from Linux box

chaitanya_ralegaonka · 09-04-2007, 05:50 AM

I have 2 machine viz a Linux with cent-os 4.4 and other with windows xp.
I have cygwin installed on my xp machine and sshd running on it.
I want to do authentication less communication between xp machine and my Linux box. I can genererate keys using ssh-keygen utility and achive the same. My query is
- How do I ssh into xp machine ??
- Do I need any other ip or my existing ip for xp machine will do ??
- What else I need to set on both machines ??

Thanks in advance

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 09-04-2007, 06:53 AM

You can do either: ssh (username)@(hostname or ip) or ssh -l (username) (hostname or ip).

b0uncer · 09-04-2007, 07:19 AM

Basically you just
- configure ssh server (sshd) so it can allow logins, but try to make it as secure as you can (deny root logins etc.)
- configure your ssh client if you want to, defaults are often enough
- generate keys and whatever you might need
- ssh just the way you'd do it to a Linux machine; "ssh user@host", if the ssh port is set to the default value (22) on the server; otherwise you would need to specify the target port also when connecting.
- if connection fails, check that firewalls don't block you away

unSpawn · 09-04-2007, 12:09 PM

This thread deals with things ClippyOS so I moved it to the appropriate forum, /General.