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Title: commandline from a remote connection
Post by: René Nielsen on January 02, 2004, 09:34:00 AM

Hi, is it possible to obtain a commandline or a kind of commandpromt in the same way as if I log on as the user root direct on the SME 6.0, from a remote connection?

If so, how do I do it?

/René

Title: Re: commandline from a remote connection
Post by: brian kirk on January 02, 2004, 11:15:59 AM

Hi - enable remote access PPTP in server-manager. Create a VPN connection to your SME and use putty to the internal address of your SME server. Login as root gives command line. Post if you need more details.
Good luck
Brian

Title: Re: commandline from a remote connection
Post by: Boris on January 02, 2004, 11:24:44 AM

Is where need for double encryption (VPN and SSH)?
Just enable ssh access via server-manager and login with SSH (PuTTY) directly.

Title: Re: commandline from a remote connection
Post by: Arne on January 02, 2004, 12:16:36 PM

Vpn does not work on my network. Don't knw why. Putty as ssh client works very easily.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Title: Re: commandline from a remote connection
Post by: René Nielsen on January 02, 2004, 01:15:40 PM

Hi again – thanks for the answers, I’ve have a follow up problem. Is it possible (in a simple way) to check if the firewall from my site is setup to allow SSH traffic to the SME server?

I don’t control the firewall and I can’t get putty to work, so I was wondering if it could be a firewall issue!

/René

Title: Re: commandline from a remote connection
Post by: Arne on January 02, 2004, 02:08:37 PM

Yes, you can use an online portscanner. It's a lot of them. This will give you a check if the ssh port can be seen from the internet.

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2