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The basic installation of Haiku contains several standard system network utilities including SSH and Telnet
The basic installation of Haiku contains several standard system network services including a FTP, Telnet, and SSH Server.

<h3>Setting your user password</h3>
<p>A good first step is to set the password for your user account, in order to secure your system before opening it to the world.
<p>A good first step is to set the password for your user account (default name is 'user'), in order to secure your system before opening it to the world.

<pre class="terminal">~> passwd
new password:
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Haiku's default hostname is shredder. If shredder doesn't resolve, you can simply launch the
<span class='app'>Network</span> preference applet to find your system's network address.
You can change the hostname by editing /system/settings/network/hostname.</div>
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<h3>ftpd - an FTP server daemon</h3>
<h3>ftpd - FTP server daemon</h3>
Haiku can easily be made to listen for incoming FTP connections to serve its files.

<h4>Start ftpd at boot</h4>
<p>Haiku will automatically start its FTP server daemon at boot if you remove the comment hashes (#) from the service ftp section of /boot/system/settings/network/services.
<p>To start the FTP server select the Deskbar (the blue feather icon), Preferences, Network. Select FTP Server and enable.</p>
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<h3>telnetd - Telnet server daemon</h3>
Haiku can easily be made to listen for incoming telnet connections.

<h4>Start ftpd manually</h4>
<p>To start the FTP server daemon manually, simply execute ftpd.</p>

<h3>sshd - the secure shell daemon</h3>
<p>To start the Telnet server select the Deskbar (the blue feather icon), Preferences, Network. Select Telnet Server and enable.</p>
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<h3>sshd - Secure shell daemon</h3>
SSH is a network protocol that allows for data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. The most common use is shell access.

Starting the SSH server daemon in Haiku is easy:
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