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Tommy Brunn
Asked: 2010-09-10 03:55:26 +0800 CST

Start ssh server on boot

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I've been doing my google-fu, but I can only find outdated guides or guides pertaining solely to the server variations of Ubuntu.

I need to set it up so that ssh server is run on boot, so I can access the computer remotely without having to first physically log in on the host computer. How would I do that? I already have ssh server set up so that I can log in and all that, but first I would have to log in on the host and run sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start

autostart ssh

3 Answers

  1. This should do the trick..

    sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults

    EDIT: If your network is configured with Network Manager then the connection will not be established until a user logs in through the GUI. For manually configuring you have to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file, have a look at this guide and if you use wireless you can have a look here

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  2. sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults

    will work on sysV systems, but the newest ubuntu uses systemd to control the boot process. In order to get sshd to start on boot for a systemd system, you need to 

    systemctl enable ssh.socket

    as root.

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  3. If you install the openssh server from the repository it should start on boot by default, regardless of having a network connection available or not (which is a different issue for which mot people is responding).

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