There is way where a local machine can be accessed using ssh once you install OpenSSH. Both the host (server) and Client must be in the same local network.
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
This will install Openssh-server. Before configuring it is always a good practice to backup the default config file.
sudo cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.factory-defaults
Once this is done, change the port number to somewhere in the 20K -60K range. This is done keeping the security in mind. Somebody trying to gain access will use the default port (22). If it’s not 22, then it is hard to try anf go through all the 60K ports.
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Add the following line to restrict access only to certain users
AllowUsers YourUserName
This will only allow access to you,.
Press Ctrl-O to save and Ctrl-X to quit.
Restart the server
sudo restart ssh
Now, test your server by accessing it.
sudo -v username@host_ip_address -p PortNo
Well, PortNo is the port number in the config file. Username is the username of the local machine where you set up ssh-server. To find out the ip address of the local machine use the following command.
ifconfig
This should give you the details about your internet connection and your local ip address.
To login, the prompt will ask for the password.
In any other machine on the same local network use the following to connect to the ssh-server
ssh -X username@host_ip -p PortNo
That’s it from this post.
References
There is much more detailed article on the Ubuntu Documentation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Configuring