Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

How to do it...

1. To connect to a remote host with the SSH server running, use the following command:

        $ ssh username@remote_host 

The options in this command are as follows:

•  username is the user that exists at the remote host

• remote_host can be the domain name or IP address

Consider this example:

        $ ssh mec@192.168.0.1 
        The authenticity of host '192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)' can't be   
        established. 
        RSA key fingerprint is   
        2b:b4:90:79:49:0a:f1:b3:8a:db:9f:73:2d:75:d6:f9. 
        Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes 
        Warning: Permanently added '192.168.0.1' (RSA) to the list of   
        known hosts. 
        Password: 
 
        Last login: Fri Sep  3 05:15:21 2010 from 192.168.0.82 
        mec@proxy-1:~$ 

SSH will ask for a password, and upon successful ...