If you run ssh and DISPLAY is not set, it means ssh is not forwarding the X11 connection. To confirm that ssh is forwarding X11, check for a line containing Requesting X11 forwarding in the output of ssh -v -X. Note that the server won't reply either way, a security precaution of hiding details from potential attackers.

I have a ssh connection to a machine which gets disconnected by that machine after 30 minutes of no user input. However, if I start something like top, the connection stays alive. Since this is a c...

OpenSSH will not terminate a shell session that has been idle for some time. This is not something that OpenSSH does. Terminating an idle shell session is unrelated to the configuration of OpenSSH. The settings that you are showing are related to timeouts when the connection goes down and are unrelated to the shell on the remote host and what the user is doing or not doing …

Oct 25, 2011 · However, I would be creating a bash script from server 1 that will execute some commands on server 2 via SSH. How do I SSH to Server 2 using my private key file from Server 1?

I can replicate this to a Debian-based system joined to an Active Directory domain, and I get a successful login with the correct password: ssh -l [email protected] remotehost [email protected]@remotehost's password: My guess would be that the remote server has been recently updated from using winbindd to sssd for its AD authentication layer.

Furthermore, using ssh with the -c option to explicitly specify a cipher will override the restricted list of ciphers that you set in ssh_config and possibly allow you to use a weak cipher. This is a feature that allows you to use your ssh client to communicate with obsolete SSH servers that do not support the newer stronger ciphers.

Apr 1, 2020 · How do I set the host name and port in a config file for Windows, using OpenSSH through PowerShell? As on Unix/Linux: Edit or create the file now by typing: nano ~/.ssh/config In here,...

I changed my permissions in my .ssh folder and now when I use a piece of software that uses my private key, I have to type my password each time. What should my permissions be on my id_rsa file to...

Nov 26, 2020 · From the terminal I type: ssh user@ip and then it prompts for a password. Is there a way to specify the password in the ssh command itself?

Oct 31, 2016 · Is there a way to suppress the banner output that's sent from sshd using the Banner option when using ssh clients like ssh or scp? I've looked at the options and config file, but can't seem to find