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Restrict SSH to one interface

How can I restrict incoming SSH connection request to only one interface? I'm using Ubuntu Server 10.04 LST. I want to lock down access to SSH to only one interface because I use the server as a ...
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Authorized keys only from external IP, but passwords allowed internally

I just set up my sshd_config to only accept authorized key instead of passwords to help secure my network. Is it possible to make this restriction only apply to external IPs and allow me to still use ...
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Understanding X Windows DISPLAY environment variable when tunnelling

I want to ssh to remote servers, both running CentOS with X11Forwarding enabled. However the X application cannot run properly on one of them - on host B it works fine. But on host A I get the error ...
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SSH client on Windows 7 not connecting to linux sshd via hostname

I have a straightforward home network setup where everything is routed via the broadband router. I have a Windows 7 box and a Gentoo linux (currently) livecd box connected via power over ethernet to ...
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How to setup ssh, key-based (“password-less”) logins to a Linux/MacOSX sshd server via Windows, Linux, or MacOSX clients?

How does one setup ssh, key-based ("password-less") client logins to a Linux/MacOSX sshd server via Windows, Linux, or MacOSX clients? [Seeking both basic, conceptual understanding of key-based, ...
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SSHD on Windows

I installed Git for Windows and it came with the "Git Bash", which is basically MinGW32. I noticed that it has SSH, but doesn't have SSHD. What is the easiest way to get SSHD in MinGW32?
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ssh_exchange_identification: unprotected port

I wanna login a guest minix system resides inside VirtualBox through ssh and receive the error ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. After turn on the verbose flag, the ...
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How do I perform a SSH Socks proxy through 2 hosts?

I have got a SSH Socks proxy setup at the moment like this : ssh -D 9999 -C user@home -p 443 (SSH calls corkscrew) This is working fine except that the machine "home" won't let me connect to the ...
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Can't setup SSH server on Cygwin

I had set this up a while ago on a different computer, but I can't get it running now. I've followed the directions at http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html and I'm getting the following ...
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Exclude specific group/users from ForceCommand in OpenSSH ssd_config

I want to make ForceCommand internal-sftp and ChrootDirectory /jail the default for all users accessing a server via SSH. Only users in a certain group are allowed to escape this. How can I exclude a ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 desktop: cannot connect to openssh-server from the outside

I use Ubuntu 11.04 as desktop OS. I have openssh-server installed and can connect to it from the same computer. I want to use it to create a connection from another computer (on the same local ...
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Is there a way to map SSH user names on the server-side?

Is there any way to configure an SSH server to understand that "bgolemon" should be read as "buck" for incoming SSH connections? I've had several usernames over the years, so my various machines have ...
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Make msysgit work with cygwin ssh?

git-upload-pack errors occur when sshing into cygwin. sshd in cygwin does not take paths from .bash_profile as expected in a *nix environment. What is the way to remedy this and make msysgit work ...
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SSH connection between two behind-nat computers through third public-ip computer

I have a computer at home (home-server) that runs irssi, rtorrent etc. My ISP is blocking every traffic from outside (dumb, I know, but it's the only ISP I can have). I want to be able to log in into ...
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Disconnected: no supported authentication methods available

I have the same exact problem described in this thread, but the answer accepted there is not the right one for me, because the user's home directory is local. I think that I configured everything ...
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How do I find out the type of http proxy server I'm tunneling through?

Following standard online directions, I set up an ssh tunnel at home using putty to access private web pages accessible only on my work network. Fortunately, this just worked; when I sshed into a ...
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Ubuntu server installer with SSHD

I really want to get a fresh, network install of Ubuntu server on my old computer. No cable laying around, so is there some network installer for Ubuntu server that starts up a SSH server as soon as ...
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Bypassing workplace HTTP proxy (using SSH, or other)

The workplace proxy (from here workproxy) is on port 8080; it requires NTLM authentication. I've been able to achieve this using NTLMAPS. I've tested NTLMAPS using all of my browsers, and the ...
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ssh banner per user

I want to notify a certain user to call me, the admin, since I disabled his account. I could set /etc/issue.net, but this is shown to all login attempts. Is there a way to restrict a message/banner to ...
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Why does ssh login with same keypair work for one account but not the other on the same machine?

I have an RSA public/private keypair on my laptop; on a remote machine I have two accounts A and B which each have the public key in /home/{A,B}/.ssh/authorized_keys. With the private key loaded in ...
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copssh RSA only authentication

I am trying to setup an RSA Authentication only SSH/SFTP server. The SSH will be used primarily for RDC. Everything works just fine if I use password authentication. I am using Putty Key Generator to ...
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Copssh, how to add users?

I installed copssh on Windows Vista (64-bit) here, and the installation seemed to go fine. It requires you to explicitly add users to log in, which is fine, so I opened the COPSSH Control Panel ...
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Security implications of running ssh server at home (Linux)

What are the security issues to keep in mind when running an ssh server on a Linux box at home to allow remote access? What steps can be taken to minimize the risks?
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transfer information about the connection from ssh client to ssh server

suppose I have the following ssh session: userA@boxA -> userB@boxB -> userC@boxC now, from boxC, as userC, I would like to have the information that the ssh connection came from userB@boxB ...
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Cannot get SSHD installed into cygwin

I am trying ssh across samba from linux to windows cygwin. Command line responds with permission denied when I try this so I have tried to install sshd to help me with this. When I enter the command: ...
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SSH Authorized_Key Login Works in One Direction Only

There are three files in my setup: id_rsa id_rsa.pub authorized_keys authorized_keys has a copy of id_rsa.pub contents to allow no-password logins. These files have been copied between two ...
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can't ssh from mac to windows (running ssh server on cygwin)

I set up an ssh server on a fresh windows 7 machine using the latest version of cygwin. Disabled the firewall. I can ssh into it from itself, from a different windows box (using winssh), and from a ...
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SSH Advanced Logging

I've installed OpenSUSE on my server and want to set ssh to log every command, which is send to system over it. I've found this in my sshd_config: # Logging # obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging ...
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Unable to connect to CopSSH when running Windows service, works when running sshd directly

I've been using CopSSH (that uses OpenSSH and Cygwin, so I don't know which of the three is the problem) as my SSH server application at home on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. I have used it for about a ...
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Configure Mercurial for SSH on alternate port and specific key with a passphrase?

I'm trying to configure mercurial for use on a remote machine that has sshd running on an alternate port, and for which my login requires a particular key, which uses a passphrase. ssh is configured ...
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Stable reverse port forwarding in SSH and stale sessions

Using VPS to forward ports behind NAT: for((;;)) { ssh -R 2222:127.0.0.1:22 vi@vi-server.org; sleep 10; } When connection is broken somehow and it is reconnecting. Warning: remote port forwarding ...
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How to uninstall/reinstall cygwin to use the sshd?

I installed cygwin/sshd without good results. I removed the c:\cygwin directory to reinstall. I removed the sshd Administrator user by hand. I reinstalled the cygwin again, then run the ...
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dd-wrt v24sp2 std. on WRT54GL v1.1 - remote access do not work (neither ssh not web-interface)

After installing the standard version of dd-wrt v24 sp2, I lost the ability to remote-access the router. The sshd is running and remote ssh is enabled. I can ssh into the router from the LAN, and ...
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SSH from host machine Win7 to guest Fedora Machine in VirtualBox

I'm using VirtualBox on Windows 7 to run Fedora 7. I seem to have my SSH on, as /sbin/service sshd status tells me. When I do an /sbin/ifconfig, I get this: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
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Windows SSH Servers?

I was wondering what people use as an SSHd server on Windows? I've decided that I want to be able to log in using SSH on my Windows computers but I don't want to use Linux full-time. What are my ...
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Does restarting sshd always keep existing sessions alive?

I booted a server and (too late) I discovered that some breaking change had been made to /etc/ssh/sshd.conf. Can I be reasonably sure that restarting sshd keeps existing connections ? (this was on ...