Setting up SSH login on remote server
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- Install SSH Server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install openssh-server- Configure SSH server on port 1234
sudo sed -ri 's/^Port 22/Port 1234/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config- Set maximum login attempts to 3 1
Edit the SSH server config file /etc/ssh/sshd_config as below:
# Maximum login tries
MaxAuthTries 3
# Allowed users
AllowUsers user1 user2- Restart ssh service
sudo systemctl restart ssh-
What’s next
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Reference
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http://linux-sys-adm.com/ubuntu-16.04-lts-how-to-install-and-configure-ssh/ ↩