Re: [cobalt-users] ssh - problem

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Gerald Young wrote:

> hello i have been searching the archives but am stuck on a ssh problem or two.
> 
> Am running linux locally and the server is a raq3
> 
> 
> i have setup on server and localhost 
> openssl and openssh
> started the ssh deamon /usr/local/sbin/sshd ->ok port 22 open ssh running
> 
> so locally run ssh-keygen

What is the problem of having ./configure/make/make install doing all
that?

> 
> when i go to login to server message is.
> sorry you do not have telnet/shell access

that's because the user has no shell defined, and thus don't have telnet
access to the machine
> 
> so it looks like i need to activate telnet access for a user to ssh even if telnet is off
> 
again, telnet access means shell access
> so have turned on telnet on server then gone to site management and added a new user (as a site admin )
>  but it has next to telnet ->Disabled
> 
> the control panel wont let me add telnet for a user??
> 
well, you can't set telnet for a user if telnet is not enabled in the site
preferences, check there.

> Question - can i manually activate telnet for this new user if so where and how please?
you can, by changing the password file, but I'm strongly against you doing
that, because the GUI will most probably NOT like that.

> I can activate telnet for admin but cant get a user going.and think this
since "admin" is not a user in the GUI (correct me if I'm wrong) - how
exactly do you "activate" telnet for it? moreover, since when did he NOT
have telnet access since the very begining?
>  is my problem when i get telnet for my user going i think i then login and
> generate my key on server or do i upload my .ssh/identity.pub from localhost to
> server?
key? upload? what are you talking about? wiht a default ssh installation,
you can login to the box with ssh username@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> any ideas greatly appreciated.
dunno, read the manual? :)

> b w gerald y

- shimi.