Configuring ssh on Linux
Tested on fedora 13 First check ssh service is running to check the status of ssh service sshd status or /etc/init.d/ssh status if it is stopped you can not use ssh to start this service issue the follwoing command service sshd start or /etc/init.d/sshd start if you are starting it for the first time you will see these messages on the screen else you will see the last one only, if it starts Generating SSH2 RSA host key: [ OK ] Generating SSH1 RSA host key: [ OK ] Generating SSH2 DSA host key: [ OK ] Starting sshd: [ OK ] now you can use ssh to connect to another host use ssh username@hostname