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Secure Shell Daemon allows remote machines to securely log in to the current machine. Remote machines can execute commands as it is executed at this machine.

# To start daemon in the background:
sshd

# To run sshd in the foreground:
sshd -D

# To run with verbose output (for debugging):
sshd -D -d

# To run on a specific port:
sshd -p <port>