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How can I check to see if SSH is enabled on Solaris 11? I have tried typing ssh in the terminal, and it came back with a list of options, which none of them made sense to me.

All I want to know is if it is enabled or not.

I am trying to use PuTTY to connect remotely, so I know my IP address that I'm connecting to is correct, but I'm not sure if SSH is enabled on this system.

The reason I tried just typing ssh, was because I normally test to see if gcc is enabled, by typing gcc in the terminal. So I thought it would be the same concept.

Thanks for your help.

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  • My PuTTY wasn't using the correct IP address as I thought it was. I had to change it, as my Network Admin told me to change my IP addresses.
    – Kevdog777
    Aug 9, 2012 at 14:26

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svcs ssh will tell you if the ssh service is enabled (online) on your Solaris 11 machine or not.

Note that gcc isn't a service but a command. Running ssh alone and having it displaying possible options means the ssh command (i.e. client) is available.

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  • What about on SPARC, as when I tried svcs ssh, it said svcs: not found. Is it different for SPARC?
    – Kevdog777
    Aug 10, 2012 at 7:58
  • Not at all, svc is part of smf oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris10/overview/… introduced in Solaris 10 in 2005. Solaris is the same OS regardless of the hardware architecture. I guess your SPARC box is just using Solaris 9 or older.
    – jlliagre
    Aug 10, 2012 at 13:19
  • Hi @jlliagre, I did uname -a and this returned: SunOS -I 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100. What version of Solaris is that?
    – Kevdog777
    Aug 10, 2012 at 13:34
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    That's the aging Solaris 8. cat /etc/release shows the precise version/update.
    – jlliagre
    Aug 10, 2012 at 15:47
  • Ah: Solaris 8 2/02 s28s_u7wos_08a SPARC - OK, thank you for that :)
    – Kevdog777
    Aug 10, 2012 at 15:50
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Memory is that Solaris 8 didn't have a built-in ssh server. I think we had to download and compile a SSH server. OpenSSH?

You can check your latest Solaris 8 media to see if there is a pkg included in one of the later updates as a base or extra package.

Also, on the server side, sshd is the daemon, ssh is the client. And look to see if any pkgs are installed that might give you ssh: pkginfo |grep -i ssh

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