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I could not figure it out how to enable ssh. I nmap'd my unraid and it shows port 22 is closed. How can I enable ssh?

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    I can't remember but I'm pretty sure you have to install an add on for it or something. I guarantee 5 minutes of googling will reveal the answer. That's how I figured it out.

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    Ironic that this is the top result on Google.

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    I am on v6.3.2 and ssh supposed to be enabled by default. However, when I tried to ssh, I got 'connection refused' 

    # ps aux | grep sshd  
root     23907  0.0  0.0   9640  1848 pts/1    S+   21:26   0:00 grep sshd

    All the files in /boot/config/ssh/ have 0 bytes, but the sshd_config

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    I Fixed Mine Just Now

    Use telnet or a terminal ...

    cd /boot/config/ssh

    ls -l

    Are the keys empty? Mine were - delete and reboot to fix

    rm ssh_*

    reboot

    Then there was joy :)

    source: https://forums.lime-technology.com/topic/54326-ssh-not-running/

    edit: format and source

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    unRAID v6 and later automatically sets up the SSH keys necessary for SSH access For terminal access from a Windows station, use the PuTTY instructions below to install, configure, and set up the SSH connection

    can you check to see if sshd is running?

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    what would be the command for that? I tried to use service, and got command not found.

    I ran this command 

    # ps aux | grep sshd  
root     23907  0.0  0.0   9640  1848 pts/1    S+   21:26   0:00 grep sshd
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    SSH should be enabled by default. However, the only account that can connect (by default) is the root user. :)

    So if you do get it running, keep that in mind :)

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    I tried to ssh using root, and got connection refused. I nmap'd my server and it says it was closed.

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    Settings > Management Access > Use SSH > Yes

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