Access remote systems using SSH

Question 1

Password authentication

Answer 1

default for ssh, allows user to log in with only a password. Considered less secure than key based authentication

Question 2

Connect to a remote host

Answer 2

ssh user@server

Question 3

Issuse a command on a remote host without connecting

Answer 3

ssh user@server command

Question 4

Secure copy a local file to a remote host

Answer 4

scp /tmp/localfile user@server:/tmp/

Question 5

Secure copy a remote file to the local system

Answer 5

scp user@server:/tmp/remotefile /tmp/

Question 6

Connect to a remote host using SFTP

Answer 6

sftp user@server

Question 7

What are basic commands for SFTP

Answer 7

? - Display all options
ls - list files
cd - change directory
get - download
put - upload
quit - exit