[SC.LUG] Re: Ubuntu first steps apt-get and openssh

[Richard Smedley]

Hello Richard,

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:51:40 +0000 (GMT) Marroc Danderfluff wrote:
> Aptitude was showing 'installed packages' and 'not-installed packages'
> I have set up eth0 and inet so that I can ping ubuntu.com and other
> websites - that works I've modified /etc/apt/sources.list so that it
> doesn't look at the CD I tried "sudo apt-get install openssh-server"
> It fails to contact any of the repositories 

Okay, let's see if we're connecting first. What does:
sudo apt-get update 
produce?

and:
ping gb.archive.ubuntu.com
?

>(what does "restricted"
> mean anyway?) 

Restricted distribution - i.e. not Free Software /or/ not legal
in e.g. USA.

> Now Aptitude is showing something like 'legacy and
> non-standard packages' instead of installed and not-installed
> This leaves me with questions:
> Do the default repositories exist? I can visit the website at
> http://gb... .ubuntu.com - the server is there Do I need a login
> because they are marked Restricted?

You may have commented out the repositories in your source.list
Did you modify it in a text editor, or  from Aptitude?

> Is openssh-server the tool I need in order to unplug the monitor from
> the server and manage it using Cygwin on my Windows laptop? 

Yes.

> How do I
> add it to the startup scripts so that it always runs?

We can go though this later if necessary, but I think you'll
find that Ubuntu sets it up by default. 

 - Richard

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