ssh using Gnome

[Karl F. Larsen]

        The GUI way to use ssh to connect two, or many computers 
together is very simple to do. To begin you need to install sshd on all 
the computers. It is not part of the normal Ubuntu so you need to 
download it. This is done in a terminal by typing $ sudo aptitude 
install sshd.

        You need to be using Gnome on the computer that is connecting to 
the others. This is because you need to have "Places" available for use. 
Here now is how you connect the other computers.

        Click on Places and then click again on "Connect to Server". 
This brings up a panel. The top setup is Service type and you want to 
change that to SSH. Below that is a setting called Server: and here you 
put in the IP number of the computer you want connect to like 
192.168.1.12 and then skip down to where you can put in a name that you 
want to connect to. Then put a check in Add bookmark. Just below that 
put in a name you like that tells you which computer this is. For 
example laptop-15. Now click on the Connect button.

        Next a panel comes up asking for a Password. Enter the proper 
information and click on Connect. Now look at the Desktop and you will 
see a device called "sftp on 192.168.1.12" and it looks like a folder! 
It is that other computers files, all of them. Just click on the folder 
and it comes up in the Desktop - File Browser. You should know how to 
use this.

        Now turn off the connection. Do this by a right-hand click of 
the folder and select Unmount Volume. That drops the connection. Now to 
regain the connection just click on Places and see now the listing for 
laptop-15 under Bookmarks on Hardy or just Places on Jaunty.

    This is a great way to administer a bunch of computers. You can 
bring everything from distant computers to yours, without knowledge of 
this to the other user. Slick :-)

Karl