SSH port

[crazyaboutlinux]

hello,

how to check that which port is running on SSH

i am using
CENTOS 4.7 i686 on standard
cPanel 11.24.4-R33609 - WHM 11.24.2 - X 3.9

Thanks
Nilesh

[Infopro]

If you've never changed it, should be port 22.

10 Tips for making your cPanel and WHM servers more secure should be helpful.

[arunsv84]

Type this command in shell...

netstat -lnp |grep ssh

Cheers!

[crazyaboutlinux]

hi

thanks it is working

i have 2 more questions

1. can i check the same using WHM ??

2. now let me know how to change default port 22 & which new port should use ??

Thanks
Nilesh

[rhenderson]

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Change
#Port 22
to
Port 3474

Of course I just made up 3474, pick a number of a port that is not being used, be sure to open your firewall and remove the comment character #. If your not sure about a port conflict, i.e. using a port already for something else look at the ports already open in your firewall and choose one that is not there, or search on here for firewall ports and there should be a list, again choose one not in use.

More suggestions

Protocol 2
ListenAddress 192.168.0.1

Make the listen address one of your IP's the 192.168.0.1 was just an example. This will limit what IP can ssh in which is a little more secure Instead of allowing any of your IP's to be able to ssh.

You cpuld even make an A entry in your DNS zone ie ssh.domain.com and if you ever need to change your IP you would not have to notify your clients (because they are using ssh.domain.com) you could simply change the A record.