On Tuesday 24 July 2018 14:23:33 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > On 24/07/18 17:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Now to see if the pi can be fixed, but the second of those two > >>> commands does not exist in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the pi, even > >>> there but commented out. > > > > But I have not made it work on the pi, with or without the > > X11UseLocalhost no (the default it says) > > line, i get a login requestor, enter my pw, and get the login blurb, > > but then no shell. I have not rebooted the pi, I guess thats next... > > > > Didn't help, I can login from here, or from the new armbian install > > on the rock64, but I get no shell after the signed in blurb. > > Let's try to make some sense of this. You've got /what/ /exactly/ > running on the RPi: Raspbian Jessie? > > Can you log in using an attached screen/keyboard? As both GUI and text > (i.e. in the latter case using <Ctrl><Alt><F1> to get a text login > prompt)? Can you either login as root or do a sudo su or whatever? > Does ifconfig tell you that the expected interface exists and has the > expected address? > > > And the /etc/passwd says I get /bin/bash... > > No it doesn't, it says that it's to use it provided that it's > installed. Does /bin/bash exist?
yes > Does the home directory exist (that's > a very common problem)? yes Lots of other bash code just runs. And it "/bin/bash" exists/. > Now provided that the above is OK, let's look at SSH which is what I > /think/ you're asking about. Presumably you can ping the RPi and get a > response back (i.e. your route is OK), what /exactly/ happens when you > try to SSH to it? Does ssh -v throw any light on it? Can you try from > a PC rather than your Rock64? Same exact results logging into it from this box, a 32 bit wheezy, as uptodate as it can be since support stopped on June 30 I think. > haven't tried the ssh -v, which machine? The output of service ssh status, on the pi looks legit as its the log of successfull stuff from the data there. Since I am careing for an invalid wife, I'd better go fix us something to eat, later Mark, and thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>