Friday, June 17, 2016

Accessing Linux (Ubuntu) account remotely through SSH

Its easy to access your linux account exactly sitting in-front of the personal computer. But how about accessing your linux account from another place which is far from the personal computer. Follow below steps to access your linux account.
Definition
Target Computer: the computer to which you want to connect or we can say your personal computer. <refer figure 1>
Source Computer: The computer from which you want to access your target computer. <refer figure 1>
Figure 1: Accessing target Computer from Source computer



Requirement:
    1. Target computer must be turned ON

    2. Target computer must have internet connection
        or
        Source computer must be accessible from target computer through LAN, WAN or in anyway.

    3. Software requirement for Source Computer :
        Putty: which can be downloaded from below link
        For windows: http://tartarus.org/~simon/putty-snapshots/x86/putty.exe
        For Mac & Ubuntu : Use “Terminal” . // No third party software is required
       
    4. Software requirement for Target Computer :
        openssh-server : openssh-server must be install on your personal computer to accept the connection from another computer present remotely

Steps

For Target Computer
  1. We assume that Ubuntu is installed on target computer
  2. Install openssh-server by executing below command in the “Terminal”
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
      3. follow below link to configure the openssh-server
               http://blogchinmaya.blogspot.com/2016/06/configure-openssh-server-in-ubuntu.html

For Source Computer

For Windows

    S1: download and install Putty for windows from below link.
    S2: Open putty
Figure 2: Putty in Windows


    S3: Here, it needs 2 main information.
         S3.1: Enter the address of the target computer
         S3.2: Enter the ssh port number on target computer
    S4: Select "SSH" radion option
    S5: now click on "Open" button to connect to the target computer
Figure 3: Putty Login window 
     S6: Now enter your username and password

For Mac & Linux (ubuntu)

    S1: open Terminal (FOR MAC)
         S1.1 : press <command> + <Space
         S1.2 : search for “terminal

Figure 4: Open terminal in mac
    S1: Open Terminal (for Ubuntu)
         You can open the trminal by pressing < ctrl > + < alt > + < t

    S2: gather following information
           S2.1: Account name and password in target computer
           S2.2: address of the target address
           S2.3: port, on which ssh server is running on the target computer
    S3: enter following command in terminal
ssh <username>@<address> -p <port number>
           Now enter your password
e.g.


Thats all, its done. Now you can browse the your filesystem using common linux command.

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