Note: This document talks about how to connect to a Linux machine. This article does not cover how to setup the SSH service on your Linux machine. This will be an article is soon to come.  

 

What is SSH?

SSH is short for Secure Socket Shell. This is a secure connection to a terminal on a Linux machine. You use the command line similar to Telnet for widows. The only difference is this connection is secure and you are connecting to a terminal on a Linux OS.

 

I use this often to connect to my home web server to reboot it or move files around. SSH has saved the day many times for me.

Software needed:

 

Putty:

Putty is a Free SSH client that allows you to connect to a Linux OS in Microsoft Windows.

 

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

 

 

 Getting started

 

 -  Go to  http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

 - Double click on the putty download

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Save it some where you will launch the application.

 

 

 

 

- Double Click on the putty.exe icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Click Run

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Enter in the IP address or host name of the Linux machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Click Open 

- Enter your login information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 You should be in and ready to rock and roll.

 

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