Ok, I'm running a server on my linux box at Gatech, and I'll be having a couple more people with accounts on the server. So my question is how do I configure my machine to accept connections via SSH port 22, instead of the inherently unsafe normal ftp port 21.

I know there are client side aps that allow for connection via port 22, so now the only thing I have to do is get my sshd working so I can connect to my server using port 22. Anyone with any knowledge on how to do this?

Anyone?

I don't think you'll get much of an answer out of anyone from the lounge. You should of posted this in the technical blah blah forum and given it a better subject heading.

BUT, let's see...

I'm not too sure why you bringing in ftp port 21 into this.

What I do know is that by default the SSH server wide program (not SSH end user/client program) is set to the default port 22. All you need to do is install. It's not unsafe. You can get it from www (edit: sorry, it's not there anymore)

SSH is basically a secure Telnet.. Has nothing to do with FTP.. If you want a secure FTP connection, then you need to have SSH2 installed (maybe it works on SSH1, but I couldn't get it to), and then you need an SSH client with the ability to tunnel FTP through the secure SSH session. We used F-secure in the past (www.fsecure.com) to do this, and it works fairly well. But, the software had bugs, and doing FTP this way is not good if you are transferring large files. The version of their software that we used would not even transfer a large file properly (it would keep sending after the file should have been finished), and not to mention the transfer is much slower when doing SSH, and uses ALOT more system resources.. If you do frequent minor updates, then I highly recommend using SSH and FTP, since your password will travel over the net often, and you won't be transferring large files.. But, otherwise, it's really a waste of time.. If you are paranoid about someone sniffing your FTP port for passwords, then you should change your password after uploading your site, and not worry about all that SSH stuff..

ALWAYS use SSH instead of Telnet though!!!!!! The above info only applies to FTP through SSH!

Hope this helps..