Anyone have a nice how-to setup OpenSSH link.

[Drift3r]

I am new to OpenSSH and I would like a nice how-to in setting up OpenSSH in Mandrake if you got it.

 

[cleverhandle]

What exactly do you want to know? Use whatever Mandrake's service control tool is to make sure sshd starts up at boot time. Or if nothing else, just type sshd as root to start the daemon. Then do ssh <ip-address> at another box.

 

[Drift3r]

How can I setup ssh so that it uses the host name instead of ip-address ?

 

[cleverhandle]

Make sure the client has name resolution for the server. So either the server needs to be in DNS, or you add a line to /etc/hosts.

 

[Drift3r]

Originally posted by: cleverhandle
Make sure the client has name resolution for the server. So either the server needs to be in DNS, or you add a line to /etc/hosts.

Cool....now how to I get a X session to display on the remote pc ( my computer ) instead of starting a session on the host pc ( other computer ) ?

 

[cleverhandle]

A whole X session or just a single app? You can do a single app just by making sure "X11 Forwarding" is set to yes in client's /etc/ssh/ssh_config and the server's /etc/ssh/sshd_config. But if you want to run the entire session over the wire, you need to use XDM/GDM/KDM. Check out the XDMCP HowTo at TLDP and thoroughly read the config files for your display manager.