SSH

Mount remote filesystem via ssh protocol using sshfs and fuse [Fedora/RedHat/Debian/Ubuntu way]

Debian, Fedora, SSH, Tips, Ubuntu
March 10, 2009March 10, 2009
2 min read
Stefan Durand
4 Comments

Imagine the following situation: you have to compile some Linux/Unix application or kernel module that requires kernel source present at your hard drive, say, in /usr/src/kernels/kernel-2.6.21-i386/ or elsewhere. But there is not enough disk space to copy these sources or install kernel-devel or linux-source packages… Read More »Mount remote filesystem via ssh protocol using sshfs and fuse [Fedora/RedHat/Debian/Ubuntu way]

Secure shell (ssh) session timeout

Centos, Debian, Fedora, Linux, SSH, Tips, Ubuntu, Unix
August 27, 2007October 30, 2020
1 min read
Stefan Durand
1 Comment

I’ve noticed that when I keep ssh sessions that I opened before untouched for some period of time (like 30 minutes) they become frozen and as a result I have to close ssh terminal and start a new connection. To prevent such situation I found… Read More »Secure shell (ssh) session timeout

Secure shell (ssh) connection without password

Linux, SSH, Tips
August 15, 2007September 10, 2007
2 min read
Stefan Durand

Let’s assume we have two Linux running machines, one of them is ‘client’ and other is ‘server’. Task lies in allowing client to access server via ssh securely without a need to type password by hands. It’s usually useful to perform some operations that are… Read More »Secure shell (ssh) connection without password

Keep ssh session saved (Unix “screen” utility)

Linux, SSH, Unix
August 6, 2007
1 min read
Stefan Durand
4 Comments

Unix screen utility is very useful when you’re managing remote unix server by means of ssh. This utility allows to save session opened and come back to it after being disconnected… Let me describe the certain situation: you’ve started dump/restore backup operation for full filesystem… Read More »Keep ssh session saved (Unix “screen” utility)

Moving Linux to remote server (over ssh via third server)

Backups, Fedora, Linux, SSH
July 27, 2007October 30, 2020
4 min read
Stefan Durand

Source: server running rather obsolete Fedora Core 1 with Apache, sendmail, ftp and other stuff. Target: any Linux server with at least one hard drive of appropriate disk space installed (in this case target server was running Knoppix). Third server: any ssh running system. First… Read More »Moving Linux to remote server (over ssh via third server)