2017-05-07-InstallingOpenSSHOnLinux.md

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Installing OpenSSH

In two of my earlier posts we created a Linux VM and installed Powershell on Linux, now let's install OpenSSH and start remoting. OpenSSH is a freely available version of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol family of tools for remotely controlling, or transferring files between, computers.

We can use the snippet below to install OpenSSH in the terminal

sudo apt install openssh-client
sudo apt install openssh-server

We will need to edit the sshd_config file to enable password authentication and add a PowerShell subsystem enrty.

We can use the snippet below to edit the sshd_config file in the terminal

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

We will need to uncomment the following in the sshd_config file.

PasswordAuthentication yes

We will also need to add the following:

Subsystem powershell powershell -sshs -NoLogo -NoProfile

Exit nano.

CTRL+X

Save the sshd_config file and restart SSH.

We can use the following command to restart the sshd service in the terminal

sudo systemctl restart sshd.service

Now we should be able to create a remote session from our Linux server to itself

We can use the following command to start Powershell

Powershell

We can use the following command to remote to our Linux server

Enter-PSSession -HostName $VMName

Results

Credit

• PowerShell Documentation: Powershell Remoting Over SSH