image for headless server setup out of the box?

I should probably ask this before spending money on extra leads and cables...

Since the first thing I'm gonna do with my Pi is to set up an ssh server and make sure it starts at boot up, is there an image of raspbian out there that already has this tweak? If I could just plug it into my router and access it from another computer that would be super sweet. I don't really need X to navigate anyway.

SSH is enabled by default in the latest and greatest Raspian build. If you can get the IP address of your pi from your router, you should be good to go.

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The trouble is, if you do the first boot headless via SSH, it doesn't take you to the first-time-boot menu to do all that useful configuration stuff. Is there a way to call that up from the command line ?

I want to use VNC, and I know how to do it thanks to http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/tightvncserver, but why isn't that installed in the distro and started automatically too ?

While we are about it, why isn't samba in there too ? And a GUI for it like Ubuntu's Samba Shares ?

An extended first-time-boot menu to cater for these options would enable fine tuning.
Not everyone's idea of R-Pi obviously, but a wheezy-raspbian-headless.img would have a lot of takers, I reckon.

Noob friendly instructions in the wiki here.

http://elinux.org/RPi_A_Method_for_ssh_blind_login

The trouble is, if you do the first boot headless via SSH, it doesn't take you to the first-time-boot menu to do all that useful configuration stuff. Is there a way to call that up from the command line ?

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sudo raspi-config

if memory serves.

[rurwin]

I've just checked -- raspi-config does work over ssh.

Yes as reported here http://elinux.org/RPi_A_Method_for_ssh_blind_login at the bottom of the page about three months ago

[rurwin]

I've just checked -- raspi-config still works over ssh.

Thanks for "raspi-config".

Any support for the other ideas ?

[rurwin]

I'm surprised Samba isn't installed; I would guess most people would want it.

VNC is a bad idea. The way VNC works is to take very frequent snapshots of the screen and send them over the network. With a contended USB bus and non-accelerated graphics it will always be very slow. The better way is to install an X-Server on your PC and use ssh tunnelling to put the windows on your PC screen. That way you don't even need to run X on the RaspPi.

The better way is to install an X-Server on your PC and use ssh tunnelling to put the windows on your PC screen. That way you don't even need to run X on the RaspPi.

I use MobaXterm, an SSH client with a built in X-Server, among other things. Lets me do just what you're talking about without the overhead of CYGWIN.

I second the suggestion for mobaXterm if you want to run a gui application on a remote windows box. It is also a good ssh/sftp client as well.

Here is detailed info for how to use it with the RPi:

viewtopic.php?f=26&t=21610

I've just downloaded MobaXterm onto Win7 and connected to Pi OK.
$ login: pi - OK
$ sudo raspi-config - OK
$ lxsession& - OK
Copy-paste works both ways OK.
Brilliant ! Thanks for that.