Thanks Santiago, Issue fixed, bad record in fstab
Thanks, Peter Reid Thanks, Peter Reid Web: http://reidweb.com Mobile: +44 78 5281 8850 On 17 June 2015 at 21:49, Peter Reid <pe...@reidweb.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Good suggestions, I will try those out. > > However point to note: when I attempt to SSH with any set of credentials > to the server, connection is being refused. Nmap of the server also > suggests SSH is not running > > To me this would suggest that the OpenSSH service isn't even running on my > server. > > I'll try the fstab suggestion and get back to you, that might be possible; > I have edited it since my last reboot. > > Thanks, > Peter Reid > > > On 17 June 2015 at 21:21, Santiago Vila <sanv...@unex.es> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 02:56:46PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: >> > You can ping but not ssh. This suggests that services are not being >> started. >> > dmesg confirms this as nothing is showing up after the network is >> brought >> > up. >> >> Hmm, no. My system has ssh running but there are no traces of ssh in >> dmesg at all. dmesg is only about kernel messages. ssh is "userspace" >> and it's logged elsewhere (for example, auth.log) >> >> My crazy ideas about what this could be: >> >> * A wrong /etc/fstab (systemd is picky about wrong lines in fstab). >> >> * Trying to use ssh with password with the user root after >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config has been updated to allow only public key. >> >> If the user is able to boot into rescue mode, adding a suitable >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys should be easy. >> >> > Since this seems to be a virtual machine, hooking up a monitor won't >> work. >> > [...] >> >> Well, the cloud providers I've tested allow you to use a serial >> console where you can log into the system and use "journalctl" to see >> what happened, even if eth0 is down. I would try that. >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150617202111.ga16...@cantor.unex.es >> >> >
