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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: Richard Whitney on November 03, 2001, 05:48:27 AM
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Howdy folks!
I have just upgraded from 4.1.1 to SME v.5.
Everything seemed to go really smoothly and I applied the update via the blade.
Now, when I try to login as root via SSH I get a different login prompt, i.e login:
instead of login as:
At the login: prompt I can login as admin but it won't accept my old password as root. Any suggestions would be most helpful, as I am trying to setup a MySql database and cannot without logging in as root.
Many thanks.
RW
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Using the admin website have you gone to remote-access tab
and set the following?
Secure shell (ssh) access: PRIVATE
Allow administrative command line access over ssh: YES
Allow ssh access using standard passwords YES
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Nothing has changed in the configuration between this morning (4.1.1) and now (v.5)
Actually I read something in the manual about a private key, but it was beyond the scope of the manual. If anyone could enlighten me, please?
Thanks
RW
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I don't know how 'login as' got turned into 'login'....
but can't you either:
a) enable private telnet and try logging in as root that way?
b) login as root directly using the keyboard and screen attached to e-smith?
I wonder if something in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file no longer looks like:
PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no
PermitRootLogin yes
RSAAuthentication yes
RhostsAuthentication no
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
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I have discovered a few things.
Let me start from the beginning...
About 10 days ago I decided I was going to abandon my Win2k OS and adopt Mandrake 8.1 - I was able to connect to all of the e-smith shares - no problem.
I installed VMware so I could author Flash inside of Linux, but the sound was just terrible. So I decided to relent and go back to Win2k. Poor me.
Everything was fine (however I am not sure if I tried to ssh as root into my server between then and yesterday, so my information is incomplete) until I upgraded to SME 5 yesterday and tried to login as root on the server. No dice. so I tried a fresh install. Still couldn't login as root - admin was ok. So I then decided to bag SME 5 and go back to 4.1.1 (I never did 4.1.2). I had a nice backup sitting on my wife's machine. I attempted to restore the backup, but nothing happens and I didn't wait long enough - I corrupted the server - new fresh install of 4.1.1 -
tried to login as root - no dice, admin - ok. Then I got an idea! I wonder if there is something weird about going back and forth between two OSes (and I may have done this twice - not dual-boot, mind you - fresh installs of Win2k and Mandrake a couple of times). So I started up Putty on my wife's machine - Voila! I can login as root. Well that was relief. So I upgraded to SME 5 again, which is where I am now - haven't apllied the blade, however.
I got to thinking a little more and enabled public ssh.
Changed the Ip from 192.168.1.1 to my external IP and what do you know? I can login as root!
Sorry about the book, but I hope it made for some interesting reading. At least it proves that I CAN'T MAKE UP MY FRIGGIN MIND!