{"id":5812,"date":"2016-04-22T17:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T17:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2016-04-22T17:20:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T17:20:05","slug":"enable-ssh-ubuntu-16-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/enable-ssh-ubuntu-16-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable SSH in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Enable<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s how to enable Secure Shell (SSH) service in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, the new LTS release, to allow secure remote login and other network communications.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu provides OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) in its universe repositories, which is a suite of security-related network-level utilities based on the SSH protocol.<\/p>\n

1. To install it, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) or log in Ubuntu server and run command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install openssh-server<\/pre>\n
\"install<\/a><\/p>\n
2. After that, you should have SSH service enabled in your system, you may check its status by running command:<\/p>\n
sudo service ssh status<\/pre>\n
\"check<\/a><\/p>\n
3. You may change some settings (e.g., the listening port, and root login permission) by editing the configuration file via command:<\/p>\n
sudo nano \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config<\/pre>\n
On Ubuntu desktop, you may use gedit<\/code> instead of nano<\/code>:<\/p>\n
\"SSH<\/a><\/p>\n
Finally apply the changes by restarting or reloading SSH:<\/p>\n
sudo service ssh restart<\/pre>\n
For more, read the official manual page<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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