Questions tagged [ssh]
SSH (Secure SHell) is a protocol for securely running commands on a remote computer. Use this tag for questions about configuring, using and trouble-shooting SSH client and server software.
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SSH Timeout when trying to connect to Oracle Cloud
I made a Compute Instance with Oracle Cloud because I'm trying to run a python code 24/0. I have tried connecting to it all day with no results. Here's what went off in the PowerShell:PS C:\Users\...
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sshfs to a host requiring OTP pw
In my environment I have: a Jenkins build server that I can ssh into using private/public keys. I can use sshfs to mount its file system on my local pc (running WSL on Windows 11, ugh but I can't ...
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SSH from Windows to Linux, when something is piped into it, gets stuck and stop showing STDOUT
I'm an SSH scripting novice, so I'm trying to understand whether I'm just doing it wrong or there is an issue. Background: I'm trying to connect VSCode RemoteSSH to HuggingFace Space dev mode and ...
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How do I stop a sftp-chrooted user from escaping by changing its username?
I have 2 users and their distinct ssh keys, and a ssh server only accepting keys user_1: a normal account with ssh and sftp accesses. Trusted. It can escape its home and download anything it can read....
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SSH login fail after security test from scanner
We have a nessus scanner at work, this machine is browsing the whole infrastructure to spot security holes and other issues. I have a curious behavior on one of my debian 12 machines after a corrupted ...
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ssh in mac error out suddently with ssh usage error message
My .ksh scripts in my mac usually run successfully, and until yesterday were initiating an ssh connection with the following command successfully: ssh -o StrictHostKeychecking=no -o ...
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why do my ssh connections keep timing out with `mux_client_request_session`?
I’ve been running into a frustrating issue with SSH connections lately and could use some advice or insight. When I SSH into a few of our servers, the connection drops with an error like: ...
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"error in libcrypto" for ssh-add with git-bash (mingw32) on Windows 11
I have a problem with SSH key usage for GIT on windows. It works fine from windows GUI git clients. From the terminal - git-bash / mingw32 - it fails with $ git pull git@<gitserver redacted>: ...
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Use numbered file descriptors with SSH
I need to pipe data through SSH to a command that reads stdin. The command needs to run with sudo so I need to be able enter the sudo password, too. Without ssh, I'd use numbered file descriptors like ...
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How do I set ssh to automatically utilize a key in ~/.ssh/id_rsa for a particular host?
I set up an SSH key using GNOME's Seahorse, also known as Passwords and Secrets. The application appears to have saved the private key to ~/.ssh/id_rsa. I have copied the public key to the server ...
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How do I set my SSH password/key for Pika Backup?
I made an account with rsync.net for backups but am having issues setting them up with the GNOME Project's Pika Backup. I set the location as: ssh://<username>@<username>.rsync.net/~/...
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Error 44 trying to rsync over ssh on Synology DSM
This is a bit long winded but I want to give as much information as I can. I have a Synology NAS running DSM 7.2.2: steve@NAS:/volume1/docker/backuppc-mdns$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/syno_hw_version DS223j ...
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SSH connection over from LAN to WireGuard VPN Peer drops after ~1 minute despite keepalive settings
I have a device connected to my home network that wants to SSH via WireGuard VPN Peer. The VPN subnet is 10.0.0.x/24. The issue is: I can successfully connect to the device via SSH. The SSH session ...
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Why is ssh-agent ignoring the lifetime in .ssh/config?
I can't get ssh-agent to work like I want to. It keeps removing the saved identities on reboot. I use AddKeysToAgent in my .ssh/config like this: AddKeysToAgent 30w That's the top of the file, ...
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Invalid characters in ssh sessions
I'm opening an SSH session from Fedora to Raspberry Pi OS. Accented and special characters are replaced with question marks. Preferably I would like to learn to solve this without changing the server'...
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