BackTrack SSH Configuration

What about ssh?

So while I am on the subject I may as well go over ssh. In order to use ssh on backtrack 4 final you need to generate the keys first.

sshd-generate

after that you can start ssh like this:

/etc/init.d/ssh start

or you can add it to the boot sequence like this:

update-rc.d ssh defaults

Well thats enough to get up and running. I hope this was somewhat helpful to any one just getting started with backtrack.

OR

Edit ssh config and disable root logon via ssh :

    sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config 

and set “PermitRootLogin” to no.

If you get an error about the ssh_host_dsa_key or ssh_host_rsa_key not being found, generate the keys and try again

Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

Generate host keys :

ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

Start sshd (“sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start”)
If you want to enable ssh to start at boot time, run update-rc.d ssh defaults


Services -> SSH -Perl scripts located in /usr/bin/ needed for:

    * Setup and start SSHD (setup-sshd)
    * Start SSHD (start-sshd)
    * Stop SSHD (stop-sshd)


Source: http://www.powercram.com/2009/07/backtrack-ssh-configuration.html
http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php/Bugs
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-howtos/209-how-start-networking-backtrack.html

Thanks for config