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author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2014-08-12 23:28:55 +0000 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2014-08-12 23:28:55 +0000 |
commit | 0e1c50cae042b411587e384f8bdca9363dd686bb (patch) | |
tree | 16e74859a8490e482b53a9a004fddbcb5efc37e0 /en | |
parent | 043ddd7895d89e54de88109fa346c441ee832c0c (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-0e1c50cae042b411587e384f8bdca9363dd686bb.zip |
Fix setting up ssh access now that root with password is disabled by default.
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-rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/chroot-install.xml | 34 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml index 8d3f8a3b1..e96d76a4e 100644 --- a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml +++ b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml @@ -614,16 +614,46 @@ instead of <userinput>hd:</userinput>. </sect2> <sect2> -<title>Remote access: Installing SSH and setting a password</title> +<title>Remote access: Installing SSH and setting up access</title> <para> In case you can login to the system via console, you can skip this section. If the system should be accessible via the network later on, you need to install -SSH and set a password for root: +SSH and set up access. <informalexample><screen> # aptitude install ssh +</screen></informalexample> + + +Root login with password is disabled by default, so setting up access can be +done by setting a password and re-enable root login with password: + +<informalexample><screen> # passwd +# editor /etc/ssh/sshd_config +</screen></informalexample> + +This is the option to be enabled: + +<informalexample><screen> +PermitRootLogin yes +</screen></informalexample> + +Access can also be set up by adding an ssh key to the root account: + +<informalexample><screen> +# mkdir /root/.ssh +# cat << EOF > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys +ssh-rsa .... +EOF +</screen></informalexample> + +Lastly, access can be set up by adding a non-root user and setting a password: + +<informalexample><screen> +# adduser joe +# passwd joe </screen></informalexample> </para> </sect2> |