Macintosh Server Applications Software at The Mac Orchard

Secure Shell Helper

Donationware

Current Version: 1.3 (July 6, 2007)

Secure Shell Helper (formerly SSH Admin) is a useful little utility that allows you to configure Mac OS X's command-line-based OpenSSH (Secure SHell) server application. Secure Shell Helper allows you to do the following:

Control who's allowed to access your account
Generate new OpenSSH keys
View/Export your Public Keys
Setup and Control the SSH Server
Easy to use Wizard allows you to configure the server and personal identity

Version 1.3 adds/changes the following:

Bug Fixes.

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher is recommended. The software is free, and the source code is available upon request, and the author does accept donations.

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Download the Mac OS X (Cocoa / Universal) version.

Also See . . .

Can't find what you're looking for? Try a search:

Also, if you have an older Mac, be sure to check out the "Classic" applications page for more options.

Finally, take a look at ALEMIA if you think you know that name of an application, but aren't quite sure.

Built Into Mac OS X

Mac OS X has a huge amount of TCP/IP-based server software built into it that I don't specifically cover here. Your "Sharing" Preference Pane allows you to enable and disable these services with a click of the mouse. The software running behind the scenes to provide many of these services is generally of the open source variety. The standard release of Mac OS X includes, among many others:

Apache httpd (web server; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane).
Postfix (mail server; see Mac OS X Hints for more information).
tnftpd (FTP server; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane).
OpenSSH (Secure Shell server; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane via "Remote Login" but additionally configurable via selected applications listed on this page).
BIND (Domain Name System server; see Mac OS X Hints for more information).
Samba (Windows file sharing; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane).
XFree86 (X Window server; enabled via the "X11" application in your "Utilities" folder, if you elected to install it with Mac OS X).

Of course, Mac OS X Server includes many more, in addition to offering more recent versions of many of the above servers.

Also Consider . . .

These are applications that are newer and of potential interest, but which I haven't yet selected for permanent inclusion. Have a look, and let me know if you think they deserve to be part of the permanent collection!