Installing SSH services on Kali Linux

Installing SSH

To install an SSH package from the terminal using the Apt-get command:

1. # apt-get Update
2. # apt-get Install SSH

Enable and start using SSH

To ensure that the security shell is available, use the Systemctl command after rebooting the system to enable it:

1. # Systemctl Enable SSH

To use SSH in the current dialog execution:

1. # service SSH Start

Allow SSH Root access

SSH does not allow log on as root by default, so the following error message will appear:

1. Permission denied, please try again.

To access your Kali Linux system via SSH, you can have two different options. The first option is to create a new non-privileged user and then use its identity to log on. The second option, you can access SSH as the root user. In order to do this, you need to insert or edit the following line contents in the SSH configuration file/etc/ssh/sshd_config:

Will

1. #PermitRootLogin prohibit-Password

Switch

1. Permitrootlogin Yes

Kali Linux enable SSH root access

After you make changes to/etc/ssh/sshd_config, you need to restart the SSH service before logging in to SSH as the root user:

1. # Service SSH Restart

Installing SSH services on Kali Linux