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How do I setup/use SSH?

Asked by Michael James

I have no idea on how to do it. I am somewhat experienced in linux.

Thanks bunches!

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Best Gord Allott (gordallott) said : 		#1

you can find a handy guide here :) : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto

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bodhi.zazen (bodhi.zazen) said : 		#2

And do not forget to secure it :)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdvancedOpenSSH

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Michael James (mbj1103) said : 		#3

Thanks both of you, but now I am having a problem with getting it to work with the -X option. Doing echo $DISPLAY gives back just an empty line; and the computer I am connecting to does have xauth installed. When I do the -X command I get:
/usr/bin/X11/xauth: /home/michael/.Xauthority not writable, changes will be ignored

With sudo on ssh:
/usr/bin/X11/xauth: error in locking authority file /home/michael/.Xauthority

Help please.

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thobbs (tylerlhobbs) said : 		#4

Perhaps try deleting the .Xauthority file.

> sudo rm .Xauthority

I don't know very much, but I believe if you delete it, it will make a new one next time you login.
Using the -Y option might also work.
Hopefully somebody else can provide more information.
 - Tyler -

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Michael James (mbj1103) said : 		#5

Thanks Gord Allott, that solved my question.