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[Akkana Peck]

David Rosenstrauch writes:
> * assume SSH is already installed.  (As someone else wrote already,
> it probably is.)

On some distros, like Ubuntu, ssh client is installed by default,
but you'll have to get them to install the server.

So have them check for sshd before wasting time trying to get
through firewalls:

ps aux | grep sshd

If it's not there or not running, try having them do:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

If they get "apt-get: command not found", then try the equivalent
command for Redhat/Fedora; if no joy, then you'll have to try
the commands for Gentoo, Arch, etc.

On some of these distros (e.g. Arch), installing sshd won't
automatically start the daemon, so check that after installing.

Once you're sure sshd is running, follow Rick's and David's advice.

	...Akkana