How can I connect via SSH (Putty) to my VMWare machine (Ubuntu)?
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I'm trying to connect to my VMWare (Workstation 7.1.3) machine (Ubuntu Lucid) via SSH. I've read through some other posts, but I can't figure this out. I ran , and got a and and which appear to be IP addresses. If I try to connect via Putty SSH to any of those addresses, it doesn't work. I also tri…
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Fix for: How can I connect via SSH (Putty) to my VMWare machine (Ubuntu)?
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Is the package openssh-server installed on your Ubuntu VM? You'll need that package if you want to connect to it by SSH. You can make sure by opening a terminal (through VMWare's console, I guess) on Ubuntu and running:
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