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Title: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Mathias Hoffmann on November 19, 2003, 10:37:34 AM

Hello

Is there a way to allow users to access the user-panel from the internet without any use of ssh-connections?
I would like to offer this user-panel to those of my friends, which pages I am hosting.

I am using SME 5.6

Best Regards
Mathias Hoffmann

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Dean on November 19, 2003, 12:52:44 PM

From the server manager, select remote access and add a remote network of ip:0.0.0.0 and subnet: 0.0.0.0  

The user-manager will the be accessable by going to https://youraddress/user-manager.  Just login with their own username/password.

Warning this will also open up the server manager to the internet although over a https session.

If your friends have a fixed IP then just add their ip's instead of opening up fully.

HTH

Dean

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Mathias Hoffmann on November 19, 2003, 01:23:49 PM

Thank you for the very helpful answer.

Unfortunately it doesn't work :(
I have added both ip and subnet adress in the "remote access" menu,  but I still get a permission denied. Take a look at http://netstronauts.dk/user-manager and https://netstronauts.dk/user-manager

I think I have some wrong settings, but where?

Mathias

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Dean on November 19, 2003, 02:03:25 PM

It appears that your https service is not started or working.  You should be able to go to https://netstronauts.dk and get your "Web Site Under Construction" page.

I think to restart do the following ?
service httpd-admin restart
service httpd-e-smith restart

If not reboot your server and make sure https starts.

Dean

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Mark Thomas on November 20, 2003, 04:46:05 AM

Can you enter a range(?) for the ip address? i.e if I entered 198.199.0.0 would that cover everything under 198.199.*.*

thanks

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Mathias Hoffmann on November 20, 2003, 05:29:00 AM

I have tried to restart the httpd, but it didn't help. I have tried to reboot the server too, but it looks like the https i disabled.
Currently I am in the US and my server is placed in Denmark, so I can't tell what the server's startup screen is saying during the reboot. Is there a way to enable/disable ssl in the server-manager or in a ssh connection?

Mathias

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Mathias Hoffmann on November 20, 2003, 06:29:03 AM

I found this (http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/remote-mgr-access-howto.html) howto document and followed the steps, but after enabling the ssl I couldn't connect to my server-manager at all, neither by http or https. After disabling the ssl, I was able to connect to my server-manager as normal by http.

My ip is added in the server-manager in the "local networks" menu and I think that is why I am able to connect to the server-manager without any secure connection.

But right now I am very confused. It doesn't make any sence that I can't connect to the server-manager when ssl i enabled.

Does anybody know what's wrong?

Mathias

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: brian on November 20, 2003, 05:13:21 PM

Are you running SME as server only behind a router?
If so did you forward port 443 to the SME box?

Title: Re: External connection to user-panel
Post by: Mathias Hoffmann on November 20, 2003, 09:25:52 PM

I was pretty sure that I had already opened port443 in the router, but I spoke to my brother in Denmark and he told me that it was closed! Probably because of a reboot of the router earlier this month...
But after reopening the port, I have no problems at all. It works perfect.
Thx for the help

Mathias