RE: [cobalt-users] Open SSH and Telnet problems [RaQ3]

["d e p e u p l e u r" <listening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the tip Carrie, apparently I am not shut out by another program
such as ipchains or portsentry, I think the sshd is not listening at all
that's it.  This is what I got from another machine with SSH2

[root /root]# ssh -l admin xxx.xx.xx.xx
Secure connection to xxx.xx.xx.xx refused.

(IPs deleted for security reasons)


>>>> 3)  Is there any way to issue shell commands as root from
>>somewhere else?

openmachine #ssh -l admin xxx.xx.xxx.xx
(where xxx.xx.xxx.xx is the IP of the machine that's closed to you.
the -l is an L, lowercase.)
You'll get a note that the closed machine's keys are not cached, do
you want to cache them? Type "yes" (no quotes) and hit enter.
You'll then be prompted for admin's password. Note that this is admin
on the CLOSED machine. Enter that password and hit enter.

Now you're on the command line of the closed machine, as admin.
Su to root and you're all set.