Tutorial – How To Activate openssh Fedora CentOS and Other Redhat Distros
On this tutorial I show how to activate openSSh on CentOS, Fedora, and other Linux distros.
The following are the steps to activate openssh on most Linux distros:
Step 1 Edit
Open terminal and enter the following command. I'm using nano for this example but your welcome to use editor of choice.
nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
AND UNCOMMENT
Port 22
AddressFamily any
ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
ListenAddress ::
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Step 2 Start sshd
On we need to start the ssh service
/sbin/service sshd start
Step 3 Auto start ssh
If you just need ssh server to start on demand, steps 1 & 2 are all you need. If you need the ssh service to start at boot, then you'll need to edit your sshd with the following command.
chkconfig sshd on
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