RE: Remote Administration Problem
What kind of error messages do you get? I am assuming if you are trying to login directly as root then you'll have to enable root login in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config and uncommenting PermitRootlogin yes. This is a big security risk to login directly as root let alone telnet. Also make sure it's not blocked by a firewall or port 22 is not blocked by your ISP. Only speaking from experience here as I've had a similar issue. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hamed Abangar Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remote Administration Problem Dear members I'm new to this list and also I'm new to FreeBSD environment .I'm network administrator in an isp.Recently i have changed our Internet servers from Linux to freebsd ( cache servers , dns servers , firewall , mail servers) . Every things works well , but i have a problem.I can't control my servers remotely.I have activated SSH and telnet but i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every other where. Each time i want to check my servers , i must go to my server's room and this is not good for a network administrator , i didn't have this problem with Linux. Any one can help me? thanks Hamed Abangar - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Remote Administration Problem
Hamed Abangar wrote: Dear members I'm new to this list and also I'm new to FreeBSD environment .I'm network administrator in an isp.Recently i have changed our Internet servers from Linux to freebsd ( cache servers , dns servers , firewall , mail servers) . Every things works well , but i have a problem.I can't control my servers remotely.I have activated SSH and telnet but i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every other where. Remote root logins are disabled by default. This is probably the best way to leave things. You can log in as a user then su to root, use sudo or whatever. If you do want to modify this, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and alter the line: #PermitRootLogin no to read: PermitRootLogin yes then restart sshd PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Remote Administration Problem
Peter Risdon wrote: Hamed Abangar wrote: i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every other where. Remote root logins are disabled by default. This is probably the best way to leave things. You can log in as a user then su to root, use sudo or whatever. I should have mentioned, the user must be in the wheel group to be allowed to su to root. PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Remote Administration Problem
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hamed Abangar Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remote Administration Problem Dear members I'm new to this list and also I'm new to FreeBSD environment .I'm network administrator in an isp.Recently i have changed our Internet servers from Linux to freebsd ( cache servers , dns servers , firewall , mail servers) . Every things works well , but i have a problem.I can't control my servers remotely.I have activated SSH and telnet but i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every other where. Each time i want to check my servers , i must go to my server's room and this is not good for a network administrator , i didn't have this problem with Linux. Any one can help me? thanks Hamed Abangar - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamed, You can't ssh into as root by default.. Create a new user in the wheel group... ssh as user then su to root Or /etc/ssh/sshd_config PermitRootlogin yes Andras Kende http://www.kende.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Remote Administration Problem
Hamed Abangar wrote: Dear members I'm new to this list and also I'm new to FreeBSD environment .I'm network administrator in an isp.Recently i have changed our Internet servers from Linux to freebsd ( cache servers , dns servers , firewall , mail servers) . Every things works well , but i have a problem.I can't control my servers remotely.I have activated SSH and telnet but i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every other where. Each time i want to check my servers , i must go to my server's room and this is not good for a network administrator , i didn't have this problem with Linux. Out of the box, FreeBSD disallows remote root logins. Instead, you can make a separate user part of the wheel group and su into root from there. I wouldn't necessarily advise doing all of your activity as the wheel'd user, though I haven't been playing with my FreeBSD machines on a sufficiently frequent basis to be able to say, one way or the other, if that would definitely cause problems. -- Matt Coe, CCNA Member-At-Large, Dalhousie University CS Society Fall 2003 'Ford! There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.' -- DNA, 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', Arthur Philip Dent Sick of long-distance bills? Get Skype! www.skype.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Remote Administration Problem
Hi Hamed, Why are you using telnet for administration, when there is SSH available? :) In default configuration SSH is not allowing to log in as [EMAIL PROTECTED] What you want to enable is: PermitRootLogin yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config But is it difficult for you to log in there as normal user and then switch by su to root? su is checking in, who is in group wheel, and if you are in wheel group, then you are allowed to su to root, else you are blocked to su to root. You wouldn't have to go to server room, if you would create also another ordinary user account to which you will be loggin in when using ssh. cheers, Martin On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:43:26AM -0800, Hamed Abangar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Dear members I'm new to this list and also I'm new to FreeBSD environment .I'm network administrator in an isp.Recently i have changed our Internet servers from Linux to freebsd ( cache servers , dns servers , firewall , mail servers) . Every things works well , but i have a problem.I can't control my servers remotely.I have activated SSH and telnet but i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every other where. Each time i want to check my servers , i must go to my server's room and this is not good for a network administrator , i didn't have this problem with Linux. Any one can help me? thanks Hamed Abangar -- =-- : :. kind regards :.. Martin Hudec :.: :.: :m: +421.907.303393 :.: :@: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :.: :w: http://www.aeternal.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
