SSH (Secure SHell) is a protocol for running commands on a remote computer.
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How can I disown a running process and associate it to a new screen shell?
I have a running program on a SSH shell. I want to pause it and be able to unpause its execution when I come back.
One way I thought of doing that was to transfer its ownership to a screen shell, ...
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Open a window on a remote X display (why “Cannot open display”)?
Once upon a time,
DISPLAY=:0.0 totem /path/to/movie.avi
after ssh 'ing into my desktop from my laptop would cause totem to play movie.avi on my desktop.
Now it gives the error:
No protocol ...
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SSH easily copy file to local system
If I'm logged in to a system via SSH, is there a way to copy a file back to my local system without firing up another terminal or screen session and doing scp or something similar or without doing SSH ...
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Using an already established SSH channel
I have an already established ssh connection between two machines.
Is there a way to send commands to the remote machine from a shell script that is run on the local machine, using the already open ...
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Creating a UNIX account which only executes one command
Is there a way to create a user account in Solaris which allows the users to run one command only? No login shell or anything else. I could possibly do it with /usr/bin/false in /etc/passwd and just ...
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Keep SSH Sessions running after disconnection
I sometimes have long running processes that I want to kick off before going home, so I create a SSH session to the server to start the process, but then I want to close my laptop and go home and ...
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Restricting an SSH/SCP/SFTP user to a directory
Is there a simple way to restrict an SCP/SFTP user to a directory? All methods that I've come across require me to set a chroot jail up by copying binaries, but I don't think that should be necessary.
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Automatically run commands over SSH on many servers
There is a list of IP addresses in a .txt file, ex.:
1.1.1.1
2.2.2.2
3.3.3.3
Behind every IP address there is a server, and on every server there is an sshd running on port 22. Not every server is ...
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How do I connect to a pc through another pc using ssh
I have three Computers.
PC1 and PC2 is on a private LAN, where PC1 is known to PC2 as 192.168.0.2
PC2 and PC3 is on a another LAN, where PC2 is known to PC3 as 192.168.123.101
How can I connect to ...
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Common multiple SSH connections file handling issue
often I have to download a file that isn't directly accessable via the first SSH connection. For example I'm on a Windows machine and I want to access another machine that is only accessable from lan. ...
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Shell Script for logging into a ssh server
I tried writing a shell script which can do automatic login into a ssh server using password which is mentioned in the script. I have written the following code:
set timeout 30
/usr/bin/ssh -p 8484 ...
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Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
I'm working from the URL I found here:
http://jaybyjayfresh.com/2009/02/04/logging-in-without-a-password-certificates-ssh/
My ssh client is Ubuntu 64 bit 11.10 desktop and my server is Centos 6.2 64 ...
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How to speed my too-slow ssh login?
Running ssh user@hostname takes ~30s. Here's the scenario:
this is a VM on the local LAN
Windows and Mac machines get instant login
am using Debian and I could reproduce with an Ubuntu machine
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SSH to decrypt encrypted LVM during headless server boot?
When I installed Ubuntu 10.04 and, now, 10.10, I was offered the option of enabling "encrypted LVM" for my hard drive.
After choosing that option, I am prompted for my password during boot to decrypt ...
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ssh port forward to access my home machine from anywhere
http://serverfault.com/questions/303937/how-to-make-freebsd-box-accessible-from-internet
I want to understand this whole process of port forwarding.
I read so many things but failing to understand ...
