ssh for dummies

Connect to remote host

✍ TODOC ✍

• ssh joe@remote-host: connect to remote-host using joe user name.
• ssh remote-host: connect to remote-host using current user name.

Run a command on a remote host

✍ TODOC ✍

• ssh joe@remote-host cmd: run cmd on remote-host using joe user name.
• ssh remote-host cmd: run cmd on remote-host using current user name.

Open GUI application on remote host, but display on current computer

✍ TODOC ✍

• ssh -X joe@remote-host cmd:

Copy from a computer to another

✍ TODOC ✍

• scp <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>:
• scp -r <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>: Same than scp but recursively copy entire directories. Note that scp follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.