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How to Change the Port Number of SSH On CentOS 7.6 and connect using that port

Hello, I just want to change the port number of ssh and connect to my target system using that port. How Should i connect using a different port?

CentOS OpenSSH
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owen
asked May 20 2019

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In the SSH Config File , Locate the line # Port 22 ,add the port number that you would want to connect by commenting on the default port(22) and save the configuration file.
vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Port 8989

Restart the service of SSH
systemctl restart sshd

To Connect using the new port.
ssh-p 8989 root@<IP>

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linuxhelp
asked May 20 2019
edited Jul 01 2019
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