SSH

17. SSH

This is another section that is mainly included because I use it a lot. It's very handy to do remote support when Webmin just won't cut it. Actually, that's a silly excuse, because even from Webmin you can run ssh commands via a Java-applet, found in the Other section. But also for this, you need to enable ssh.

Installation and Configuration

It's already installed! Another one of those easy installations delivered to you by KNOPPIX. All you need to do is go to the Webmin interface and start it. And to make sure it starts every time your knoppixbox is started, you can issue sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults to add the necessary init links to your startup sequence.

You can find the SSH section in Servers section of your Webmin interface. The configuration panel is called "SSH Server" and you can leave all the settings set to their defaults.

Configuration of the Firewall

The SSH protocol is on Port 22, so you need to enable all TCP traffic to the firewall on this port. In a table:

Action Source Destination Protocol Source ports Destination ports Comment

Accept Any Firewall TCP Any 22 Allow traffic from anywhere to the ssh daemon.

Updated $LastChangedDate: 2004-11-05 23:24:59 +0100 (Fri, 05 Nov 2004) $

Kristof Van Landschoot
Author

Summary: Enabling ssh will make sure every user can connect to a linux system and have a real geeky feeling typing silly commands on the command line. It might also be interesting for remote support.