Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Remote access?

[Bobble H. <bob...@ho...>]

Alex,

Thanks, it was the null password that was causing me grief! I was going to 
set a 'root' password but I was still setting the system up and hadn't got 
round to doing it, we all learn!
I'm logining in ok now using the regular username and password, which will 
do fine for me.

Thanks for your help, it is much appreiciated.


>From: Alex Prinsier <ap...@ap...>
>Reply-To: dev...@li...
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Remote access?
>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:10:59 +0200
>
>Bobble Hat wrote:
> > Thanks Alex, I'm a Linux newbie and need a little help setting this up.
> > I have enabled SSHD from setup and it starts up successfully.
> > I have a copy of the '/etc/ssh' directory with the DSA and RSA keys and
> > have installed PuTTY on my client PC.
>Make a difference between the server keys and client keys... The sshd
>server always has some keys in /etc/ssh which got generated fine if I
>understand correctly.
>
>When logging in using a client you can either choose to do it the
>regular way, entering a username and a password or by using client ssh
>keys (that's what pageant is for).
> > On DL I have the 'root' account
> > with a null password.
>That's not a good idea for 2 main reasons: 1) that's highly insecure and
>2) you won't make your life easier like that. I believe sshd by default
>refuses logins with null passwords. So you better set a password :)
>
> > Which key should I use (RSA or DSA) and which protocol (1 or 2).
>Protocol version 2 is probably the best.
> > Do I import the private key into PuTTYgen and save it for use with 
>Pageant.
> > What settings in PuTTY do I need to change from the default?
> > Do I need to fill in the 'Auto-login username' and what do I set it to?
>If you're all new to this you'd better try the "regular" method first,
>using a username and a password. (no client ssh keys, no pageant). Open
>putty, enter the ip, and click connect :) hit yes, enter
>username/password :)
>
>Once that works you can go try client ssh keys. I like using keys more,
>it's more secure, but a bit harder to setup. Though it saves me having
>to remember all my passwords :) I use one key to login to a dozen
>servers, and only have to type my password once :)
>
>Hope it helps,
>
>Alex
>
>
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