Thread: Accessing the N900 via SSH from Laptop
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mikhmv is offline mikhmv
2009-12-30 , 17:28
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Originally Posted by plutonium239 View Post
Thanks so far guys! Ok, looks like I am slowly getting it. I will only be able to access my phone via SSH if the laptop is in the same wlan network.

Then I would have to enter the IP into Putty , which I get from ifconfig wlan0.

What about creating a ssh user account? Do I have to? If yes, how?
you have root by default.
user is disable for ssh until it will have password.
you can open x-terminal and type:
1. sudo gainroot
2. passwd user
after this enter new password for user.