Remote Login in Standard Install

ty13 · 09-06-2006, 04:54 PM

I have Kubuntu and Ubuntu installed on a box. They are not server editions, I have googled for a solution or just answer, but none present themselves. How can I login to the ubuntu box from on my lan? And, can I use a debian box on the lan to login to an Ubuntu box? Fedora? Thanks for reading this, appreciated.

binary_y2k2 · 09-06-2006, 07:32 PM

one word, "SSH"
Install ssh and you can login to/from any box (even windows)

Code:

sudo apt-get install ssh

will install the ssh server for you. If you are running a firewall, make sure to open port 22 to the LAN.
Then to login to a box you

Code:

user1@box1:~$ ssh user2@box2
Password:
user2@box2:~$

To login to the box by hostname (rather than IP address) you need to add the IP address and hostname to your /etc/hosts file

You may also want to look at "man ssh" for more advanced options, like X11 forwarding.

-=Graz=- · 09-08-2006, 04:29 AM

Yes i can login to my machines using SSH as well - i did however have to allow the traffic through my firewall.

Like binary said it is a good idea to add each machine into /etc/hosts file.
in the format:

IP address name of computer.
eg. 192.168.20.40 ubuntu1

this way you can simply do: $ ssh -l userid ubuntu1

telnet and rlogin are deemed very insecure and are generally blocked by default..
SSH encrypts all traffic between your machine and the remote host =)