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How do I know if my server has SSH? Is there anyway to test?

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Would this be better on SuperUser? – Jon Egerton Jul 4 '11 at 13:46
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For ssh client : ssh google.com; if it says command not found, you havent got it installed.

For ssh server : ssh localhost; if it doesn't do anything you haven't got ssh server.

If you are running debian/ubuntu :

apt-get install openssh-server
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Kauffman Thanks – Ginger Bill Jul 4 '11 at 13:44
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Hmm, your ssh server check only works if ssh is running on its standard port – Mark Henderson♦ Jul 5 '11 at 2:44
but if he had changed the port, then he would know he 's running ssh no :p? – Lucas Kauffman Jul 6 '11 at 5:22
That's assuming he's the one who set the server up. It could be one that he inherited. – Mark Henderson♦ Jul 6 '11 at 9:00
Fair enough then – Lucas Kauffman Jul 8 '11 at 22:01
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Absence of a public key is by no means the only way the ssh command can fail, so this is an approximation at best; it could be sufficient, though. 

ssh $host "echo 2>&1" && echo $host OK || echo $host NOK

Oh, and being a bit more specific would be great.

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Another note:

telnet <target> 22

The first line should be plaintext telling you about the SSH version.

Also nmap can do SERVICE/VERSION DETECTION (-sV: Probe open ports to determine service/version info). That could help you find a misconfigured port (typos hide everywhere, I had ssh runnning on 21 and closed all connections to the server).

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+1 for nmap, it's probably the simplest way to know for sure, but it can of course be blocked by a firewall – Mark Henderson♦ Jul 5 '11 at 2:46
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which ssh would tell you if you have the SSH client installed. But you might be asking whether your server allows you to connect to it using ssh, at which oint you are looking for SSH -the SSH daemon- and not SSH itself. If you have it yopu should be able to start it with /etc/init.d/sshd start as root. If you cannot find a similarily named script odds are it's not installed. Most distros should have it installed by default.

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