SSH, VNC and FTP

Author

Benedict Thekkel

Install SSH

sudo apt install openssh-server openssh-client

sudo systemctl restart sshd

sudo systemctl status sshd

To connect

edit

cat ~/.ssh/config

add

Host <code name>
        HostName 192.168.1.108
        User <user name>
        Port 22

ssh <code name>

Install tightVNC

online install on windows

sudo apt update
sudo apt install lightdm
sudo reboot
sudo apt install x11vnc

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/x11vnc.service

Copy and paste these commands - change the password

[Unit]
Description=x11vnc service
After=display-manager.service network.target syslog.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -forever -display :0 -auth guess -passwd password
ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall x11vnc
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Run these commands after

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable x11vnc.service
systemctl start x11vnc.service
systemctl status x11vnc.service

To connect

use ipaddress: 192.168.1.108
use

Transfer Files

rsync filename username@ip_address:/home/username

FTP

https://linuxconfig.org/setup-ftp-server-on-linux

Install FTP server

sudo apt install vsftpd

create a backup copy

sudo mv /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf_orig

edit the config file

sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
ssl_enable=NO
pasv_enable=Yes
pasv_min_port=10000
pasv_max_port=10100
allow_writeable_chroot=YES

create a user (optional)

$ sudo useradd -m ftpuser
$ sudo passwd ftpuser
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: password updated successfully