Slacko64 7.0 sshd instructions -------------------------------- The following assumes that you have a bootable disk image setup, with a save file already configured. Section 1). Open BootManager and select 'choose which services to start'. Tick rc.sshd .. OK .. and close. Now open sshd config file at /etc/ssh/sshd_config .. Uncomment 'AddressFamily any' and change it to AddressFamily inet .. Uncomment X11Forwarding and change to yes Uncomment X11UseLocalhost and change to no .. Save .. Now open /etc/hosts.allow and write one more line in the file ALL: 10.0.2.* and Save .. You can now shutdown qemu i.e. leave Section 2). Make a public key on baremetal (6.3.0) with 'ssh-keygen -t rsa' You can make it with password or none .. save to default place when asked. mv .ssh/id_rsa.pub to your qemu disk image with some method.. You can now boot qemu, and mv the id_rsa.pub file to its rightful place :) That is, .ssh/authorized_keys , making .ssh dir if necessary .. FYI --- The permissions of ~/.ssh on the server should be 700. The file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (on the server) is supposed to have a mode of 600. The permissions of the (private) key on the client-side (id_rsa) should be 600. --- Perhaps restart sshd by /etc/init/rc.sshd stop and /etc/init/rc.sshd start .. You can now try logging in at root@localhost . If you made your key with no password, you should be straight in! ------------------------------------------------------- The reason for all the fuss, is due to openssh server being used instead of dropbear .. it is paranoid secure .. Ha!