Well, actually the remote host *MUST* have an ssh server running. But in the case of the beaglebone, it already does. You may also have to install an ssh client on the client system. But typically all but the most slim Linux installs usually have ssh client packaged in already.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 12:49 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Why would you want to use putty on Linux ? Literally it is as simple as > ssh user@host. Where user is the username you wish to use once ssh'd into > the remote system. Where host is the host address for the remote system. > You can run this command like you would any other command. From a Linux > terminal. > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 12:38 PM, mzimmers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi William - I'm not sure I understand...are you saying that you don't >> use PuTTY from a Debian host? I've got PuTTY working from Windows, but not >> from Debian. I think, though, it might be some kind of permission problem >> on the serial device. I have /dev/ttyS[0-3], but I'm not sure which one it >> is. From Windows, it's COM4, so I'm thinking ttyS3. >> >> I'm wondering whether I should fool with the permissions on those, though >> I did try it from root, and got a similar error: >> >> Unable to open connection to /dev/ttyS0 (or 3). >> >> Unable to configure serial port. >> >> >> I used gtkterm and the results were more or less the same. Not sure what >> I might be doing wrong here, unless it is something to do with permissions. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/beagleboard/1946ed05-5c8e-4b7f-80f7-86fd4bc74a7b%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1946ed05-5c8e-4b7f-80f7-86fd4bc74a7b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORrA0%2B5SJsuaf3pFr4_TA6v4h7xhdFDVpJQPgPZ5S3SfiQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
