Cannot ssh to localhost [closed]

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I am trying to see if ssh is properly configured on Ubuntu 11.04:

  ashish@ubuntu:~$ ssh localhost
  ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
  ashish@ubuntu:~$

What do I do from here?

Answer 1

Bonus if you need to start the X server you run this:

 ssh -x <host>

Answer 2

Make sure the SSHD is running, looks like it is not.

Try

service sshd start

I am not familiar with ubuntu, but this should work.

Answer 3

Try:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

It's most likely that the ssh server is not installed as only the client is installed by default.