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Re: Help for a newbie SSH and Aptitude



On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 05:20:41PM -0800, Steve wrote:
> I've just run up my first linux box and I'm goin ok. Only thing is I
> can't get SSH running on it (to enable me to access it from a windows
> box using putty or similar).  I've tried openssh but of course that is
> a client.  Can anyone tell me where to start looking.  I'm guessing
> that it's a daemon that I need to run.

apt-get install openssh-server

> Other problem that I'm getting is if I run aptitude or dselect, I get
> a time out when trying to connect to mirror.pacific.net.au.  It shows
> an IP address of 1.0.0.0 which would suggest to me a problem with
> named, however if I ping it, all is fine.

Sorry, but all I can suggest as of now is to try another mirror, and
check why the host is resolved like that (something in /etc/hosts or
/etc/resolv.conf?). Someone else could probably suggest something
better...

HTH.

Kumar
-- 
Kumar Appaiah,
458, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036

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