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Installing SSH on Ubuntu 11.4
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- Category: Linux
- Published on Thursday, 19 May 2011 00:35
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Installing SSH on Ubuntu 11.4
SSH stands for secure shell. SSH is a shell tool that allows an administrator to remote into many network devices. When administrating a headless Ubuntu 11.4 server the best way to remote in is over ssh. The package for Ubuntu 11.4 is called openssh server. Openssh is a widely used remote administration tool.
This install requires an Internet connection. If you do not have an Internet connection for the system you are installing on, look here https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/offline.html
To install ssh on Ubuntu 11.4 run the following commands on a command line
The command listed below will install all update on your system:
sudo apt-get update
The command below will install the openssh server:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
Portmap is needed to map ports for openssh. The command is listed below:
sudo apt-get install portmap
If there are any questions, feel free to comment below or see our forum at forum.the-server-admin.com

