I don't remember about debian, but ubuntu either doesn't install openssh-server or doesn't enable it by default. That should be all you need to do on either one. On machineA:
sudo apt install openssh-server # make sure the openssh-server package is installed sudo systemctl enable ssh # make sure the ssh service starts on reboot sudo systemctl start ssh # make sure the ssh service is running now Then from machine B: ssh machineA It will probably prompt you to accept a new "host key" for machneA. It's okay to do that. Let us know if you run into any trouble with that. After that works, we can move on to fun things like ssh keys. -- Russell On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2023 15:08:24 -0700 > Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> dijo: > > >On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 11:05 AM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> > >wrote: > > > >> Several times over the years I gave tried to get ssh working, and I > >> always failed. > > > >Wait, what? > > > >Ssh shouldn't be hard. Like, at all. Let's fix that. What doesn't > >work? > > Good idea, but I'm currently in the middle of installing Debian 12 > Bookworm as a dual boot, using the brand new 2TB M.2 drive that I > bought this morning from Best Buy at Jantzen Beach. I recently bought > one for $120, but the price today was only $100. Ssh will have to wait, > but I'm eager to learn how to do it.
