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Secure Shell (SSH ) is a TCP/IP service that provides a secure mechanism for remotely logging into one system over either a local network or the internet into another system. SSH also provides the ability to transfer files between remote systems. When a user logs into a remote system using SSH, they receive a command prompt allowing them to enter commands on the remote system as if they were sitting at the remote system and had opened a terminal session.

or The service may also be started by using the GUI Service Configuration tool accessed via the ''System->Administration->Services''' menu option. Once the tool has loaded, simply scroll down the list of services until you reach ''sshd''. Select it and click on the ''Start'' button located in the toolbar.

Where ''username '' is the name of the user you wish to log in as and ''ipaddress'' is the IP address of your system. You can also substitute the hostname of the system in place of the IP address. If you do not know the IP address run the ''ipconfig'' command in a terminal window. This will output information similar to:

Having configured the system to run the SSH server we can now look at how to disable it. As we mentions mentioned previously the SSH server runs in the background as a service. In order to disable SSH we need to turn off the SSH service. This can be achieved using the ''Services'' tool or from the command line. To disable the sshd service from the command line:

Select the SSH sshd entry and click on the ''Stop'' button. The SSH server is now stopped. If you wish to prevent the service from starting automatically next time the system is re-booted click on the ''Disable'' button.