I'd run apt-get install openssh and answer yes to the question about installing packages. Usually works for me. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Noblick" <brunobrook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:44 PM Subject: Re: connecting via ssh > Thanks, Tony, > > I was able to get the static IP address working. Thankfully my years of > experience on mainframes with front end processors controlling their > network came in handy for something, grin, even though it has no other > current relevance. > > I am using ubuntu which says that it is "debian-derived" or something like > that so I thought I would try the aptitude -q command you suggested and it > did run and it appeared to be functional. I got lost in the maze of > categories of packages and names of packages and haven't yet found the > openssh-server package. I wasn't sure if that was the best approach with > ubuntu either so I wanted to confirm that here before I allowed it to do > any updates or downloads. I didn't have a good recovery plan if things > went weird since I don't know linux very well yet. > > Thanks for your patience. > > Enjoy the day! > Bruce > > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:23 AM > Subject: Re: connecting via ssh > > >> Bruce Noblick wrote: >>> This may be a very basic question but I haven't figured out how to get >>> ssh to connect with my linux box. >>> >>> >> First, I know this is obvious, but are you sure that the openssh server >> is installed on your Linux machine? If using Debian, do "aptitude -q >> install openssh-server" before anything else or of course you won't be >> able to connect. >> >>> I tried to get my ip address but the information I got seemed to be only >>> valid for the local machine. I have a router to which all of my >>> computers are connected so I thought my addresses should be on a >>> 192.168.1 subnetwork but the only addresses I saw were on a 127.0 >>> subnetwork. >>> >> >> >> >> Is your router using dhcp? In other words, do you have the dhcp server >> in your router turned on? Also, what does "ifconfig" and >> "/etc/network/interfaces" say? The "ifconfig" command should show you >> your address, gateway and netmask. /etc/network/interfaces has this >> information for automatic setup on boot. By default, you're probably >> trying to use dhcp. The good thing is that you're almost guaranteed that >> you'll get a valid ip address assuming your router is working and >> provides a dhcp server. The bad thing is that the address could change >> every time, making it difficult to find what address it uses. For >> example, our Linksys router assigns dhcp addresses starting at >> 192.168.0.100. If I connect from different machines with dhcp, my >> address might be 192.168.0.103 or anything between 100 and 149. That's >> why static addresses are better, but they require manual setup. If you >> look at /etc/network/interfaces, it probably says something about dhcp. >> I suggest reading the interfaces (5) man page or I can send you a sample >> of mine. Then it's just a matter of connecting to the static address you >> assign, such as 192.168.1.5 or whatever via ssh. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> __________ NOD32 3539 (20081021) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
