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Title: unable to ssh
Post by: anand on August 30, 2004, 03:24:16 PM

I just installed sme 6.0.1 in server only mode and enabled ssh access. Now i can access the box using ssh using admin login/password however i only get the text menu with options and no bash prompt :(

I also tried to login as root however it won't let me, i guess then direct root login could be disabled.

Sorry for being a dump but this is the first time i have installed sme.

Title: Security
Post by: jbillings on August 30, 2004, 05:02:35 PM

The settings are under security:Remote access:Secure Shell Settings

You must set access to either local or public and yes to adminstrative and standard passwords.  

If you login with admin you get the admin menu, login as root and you will get the bash prompt.

Title: unable to ssh
Post by: anand on August 30, 2004, 05:59:28 PM

wats the root password ? i tried the same admin password but it doesn't work.

Title: unable to ssh
Post by: anand on August 31, 2004, 10:17:59 AM

anyone ?

Title: unable to ssh
Post by: anand on August 31, 2004, 12:19:43 PM

strange, i just turned off the ssh access and then turned it back on and the root account started to work   :-?  Anyways ssh is working fine now.

Title: unable to ssh
Post by: byte on August 31, 2004, 12:26:55 PM

Have you checked the log? (/var/log/messages)?

It might have failed to start/restart ssh and when you turned off and on it would have tried to start up again (which in this case started fine), the messages log will tell u more

HTH

Title: unable to ssh
Post by: anand on August 31, 2004, 12:28:51 PM

nice thought, let me do that and reply back.

Title: unable to ssh
Post by: anand on August 31, 2004, 12:38:39 PM

i don't see any errors in the /var/log/messages. The only other thing i did was i had turned off the virtual machine running sme (i am running sme on a vmware environment to test it before deploying on production). After restart i removed ssh access and reenabled and it worked. No as such errors inside /var/log/messages.

Anyways its good to have ssh, it makes me more comfortable.

I had posted seperately but no one actually replied, is it possible to take the entire sme stuff and load it on a existing fedora / mandrake box ? The reason i ask is there are existing machines in the environment and putting sme on a dedicated box is not an option i can take right now. But then if it still needs a dedicated box then i will have no choice :(