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Justin Cook justin at skull.co.nz
Mon Sep 18 15:58:29 NZST 2006


Nevermind, network cable not plugged in. :D

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Justin Cook wrote:
> Ok, the next question is: why would SSH be refusing connections?
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> Matthew Diesch wrote:
>> ctrl alt F1 on the console should give you the main console login screen
>>
>> On 18/09/06, Justin Cook <justin at skull.co.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>> During boot the console login prompt comes up for a second then the
>>> server locks itself. With an xwindows dialog, funnily enough. We opted
>>> not to install xwindows at all. We're got the usual Gnome
>>> locked-workstation panel with a large analogue clock on it.
>>>
>>> As I mentioned in the first post the Centos installer doesn't seem to
>>> give you an opportunity to set up user accounts like Fedora does. 
>>> Pretty
>>> strange seeing as they're almost the same thing.
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>>> Michael J. Knox wrote:
>>> > DO you not have console access to the server?
>>> >
>>> > Did you create a normal user during the install?
>>> >
>>> > Michael
>>> >
>>> > Justin Cook wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Cheers!
>>> >>
>>> >> Any clue how you actually log into a machine that doesn't allow 
>>> SSH or
>>> >> root logins?
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>>> >> Michael J. Knox wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Justin Cook wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Howdy
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I'm helping a friend who has his heart set on CentOS get it set 
>>> up.
>>> >>>> Looks pretty neat so far, except it won't allow root logins 
>>> from the
>>> >>>> terminal and it's refusing SSH connections.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The installer never gave an opportunity to set up user accounts 
>>> and
>>> >>>> the firewall was set to allow SSH.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Any cluez0rs?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>> In /etc/ssh/sshd_config there is a commented out value:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> #PermitRootLogin yes
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Remove the comment and restart sshd "service sshd restart"
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That should see you straight.
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