====== Configuring Ssh on Ubuntu ====== Installing and configuring SSH on Ubuntu server (If you haven't done it during installation) If you haven't installed SSH yet, do it now: sudo apt-get install openssh-server Now, edit your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file Set a list of users who can login AllowUsers user1 user2 or deny users DenyUsers user3 user4 Display a banner to the user: Banner /etc/issue.net If you want to display the same banner as to users logging in on a local console Banner /etc/issue To edit the banner itself: sudo vim /etc/issue.net And restart the ssh server sudo service ssh restart To secure you server, disable password authentication and use SSH keys to authenticate users instead PasswordAuthentication no