SSH Assistance

carlosinfl · 08-25-2005, 05:12 PM

I don't know if there is a command or some way I can check and see if I have SSH installed on my Debian "etch" machine? I just installed and I know that Apache is working and I opened the port (22) for SSH pointing to the Debian server but I get connection refused.

How do I know if SSH is installed or maybe just disabled?

Thanks!

mjrich · 08-25-2005, 05:34 PM

From your server:

Code:

ssh -V
whereis sshd
ls /etc/init.d | grep sshd_not_to_be_run

The first will tell you the whether ssh is installed, together with the version. The second will tell you whether sshd is installed, the third whether it is set to run at boot time or otherwise (the absence of the file indicates that it will be started via /etc/init.d).

Assuming that you have sshd running, then try to connect using the verbose switch (from another machine)

Code:

ssh -v someone@foobar.org

EDIT: the package ssh includes both the client and server, thus if you have ssh installed you almost certainly also have sshd.

Cheers,

mj

carlosinfl · 08-25-2005, 06:04 PM

This is what I have which does not look good so I am guessing I don't have SSH installed.

Code:

debian:~# su
debian:~# password
debian:~# ssh -V
-bash: ssh: command not found
debian:~# whereis sshd
sshd:
debian:~# ls /etc/init.d | grep sshd_not_to_be_run
debian:~#

What do I need to do to get SSH installed since it appears I don't have it installed.

Matir · 08-25-2005, 06:13 PM

Code:

apt-get install ssh

carlosinfl · 08-25-2005, 06:26 PM

That was easy