I originally said that I wanted a headless server on FieldsNet. In order to accomplish that I have to be able to run 'whitney' remotely. Seems simple enough. Just ssh into it from 'shasta' (This machine).
My first attempt came back with 'Connection refused.' This showed me that 'whitney' did not have the ssh server installed. OK, I guess I will have to install it. Hmmmmm....
The server runs a command line interface only, by design. I am not familiar enough with Ubuntu to install software via the command line. Off to more reading...
Now I've learned how to apt-get (Advanced Packaging Tool) new software. I was able to install the ssh server from the original CD were I loaded the iso file.
Once that was complete I attempted to remotely connect again. This time it told me that the authenticity of the host could not be established. Eureka! I accepted this, wrote my key and connected.
Now I can remove the monitor and keyboard from 'whitney' and run things from 'shasta'. Gotta love *nix.