Starting SSH service in Backtrack

Starting SSH service

BackTrack has various services such as Apache, SSH, MySQL, VNC, etc. They are all disabled by default. To start a service such as SSH, you can use the service init scripts. For example, to start the SSH service:

root@bt:~# sshd-generate  # Specific to the SSH service - needed to generate SSH keys
root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/ssh start
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/ssh stop
Stopping OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
root@bt:~#

When using a ssh server for the first time on Backtrack you will need to generate keys:

root@bt:~# sshd-generate

To enable a service at boot time, you can use the?update-rc.d?command, for example, having SSH start at boot time:

root@bt:~# update-rc.d -f ssh defaults
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/ssh ...
  /etc/rc0.d/K20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
  /etc/rc1.d/K20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
  /etc/rc6.d/K20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
  /etc/rc2.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
  /etc/rc3.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
  /etc/rc4.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
  /etc/rc5.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh
root@bt:~#