Double logins

[Nic]

Why must I login twice when accessing my VM via SSH? Is it possible to work around the double login so that I can use SCP?

[dballant]

You only have to login twice if you are using the console login. That is because the first login is for the console server and the second login is for the console of your system.

Have you setup SSHD to run on your system? If so, then all you need to do is open an SSH session strainght to your box.