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Title: Login to Root from Windows Workstation
Post by: jpchancey on April 09, 2005, 06:23:15 AM

Hello,

I read in the book that a server manager can login to root from the Windows Workstation by using root as the username and the main password.

This will not work at all for me. It says that root is not found as the login.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Login to Root from Windows Workstation
Post by: Quail_Linux on April 09, 2005, 06:56:42 AM

Quote from: "jpchancey"

Hello,

I read in the book that a server manager can login to root from the Windows Workstation by using root as the username and the main password.

This will not work at all for me. It says that root is not found as the login.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

you have to modify the SSH configuration.

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[root@e-smith ]# mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/ssh/sshd_config


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[root@e-smith ]# echo "X11Forwarding yes" > /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/ssh/sshd_config/X11Forwarding


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[root@e-smith ]# /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/ssh/sshd_config


Now restart the SSH deamon

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[root@e-smith ]# service sshd restart


Now you can login using putty from windows

HTH

Title: Login to Root from Windows Workstation
Post by: axcairns on April 09, 2005, 06:58:46 AM

Are you trying to get into the server management website, the console or the command prompt?

To get to the website, go to http://youriphere/server-manager and enter admin in the userid field and your admin password in the password field

To get to the console, get an ssh client such as PuTTY, enter your server's ip address in the hostname field, click the radio button for SSH and click the Open button. At the login prompt enter admin for userid and your admin password for password.

To get to the command prompt follow the same directions as for the console but enter root as the userid.

Allan

Title: Login to Root from Windows Workstation
Post by: Quail_Linux on April 09, 2005, 07:50:29 AM

Hi,

Have a look at this link it might be of more help
http://sme.swerts-knudsen.com/index.html?frame=http%3A//sme.swerts-knudsen.com/howtos/howto_1.htm

Title: Working great with Putty
Post by: jpchancey on April 09, 2005, 11:15:24 AM

Thanks for your help. Downloaded Putty, set the proxy and went right in to root.

Thanks Everyone.