Think you need a laptop to connect via SSH to your Linux machine? Think again - these free Android apps make it ridiculously easy to connect from anywhere.

So if you have a great desktop running Ubuntu, or a great Linux laptop and want to use SSH, all you have to do is fire up a Terminal and run a few commands. We'll guide you through the process ...

You can do a lot with the Linux terminal app for Android - if you don't mind using the command line. Here are five things to ...

To put your public key into your .ssh directory on a remote server for login purposes, you can use this command: ssh-copy-id hostname.science.purdue.edu Of course, substitute the proper hostname for ...

However, you can add a statement to the .ssh/authorized_keys file that selects a command to run using a real shell upon login. You can set the shell to something simple like /bin/sh or rbash ...

SSH tunneling, or SSH port forwarding, is a method of transporting arbitrary data over an encrypted SSH connection. SSH tunnels allow connections made to a local port (that is, to a port on your own ...