[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

[Rob Beard]

On 12/03/12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but
> I am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10.
>
> I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my
> choice for remote access to servers). But how do I enable this remote
> access -- when I try I get a message saying network connection refused.
>
> Do I need to disable/configure a firewall? How would I do that?
>
> Hoping someone can assist.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alex
>
>

Graphical desktop on a server?  Did I miss something?

Anyway, you should be able to just install the openssh-server package 
(or when installing there should be an option to install SSH server 
amongst the server types).

Rob