Hi there. I've just installed R6 and the basics seem to be working.

I've added a new user using the adduser command and added it to the úsers' group. What do I need to do to allow me to log on to this account using ssh from another host? When I try it keeps refusing the password. Is there some other permission I need to set or should it just work?

Many thanks!

What's the exact error you're seeing? Anyone but root and mythtv should be allowed to ssh in. You can try editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config and at the bottom you can add: then restart the ssh service:

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Thanks for the reply.

The message I get is "Access denied".

I have added the username to the AllowUsers list in sshd_config like you said, and I still get the same error message.

When I installed Linhes I checked the option that said "deny remote access to root account", could it be related to that?

Many thanks again.

What are the contents of these two files:

/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny

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If it were something with /etc/hosts.allow or deny, I'd imagine he probably wouldn't even get an SSH prompt.

"Access denied" is what I get when I try to log in with an incorrect password. Maybe this is a silly question, but did you ever set a password for your new user? You didn't explicitly say so...

In any case, you might want to try resetting the password for this new user. As root, do



And that should allow you to reset it to whatever you want. Then try logging in with ssh again.

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Also, when you attempt to log in, use the "-v" option (assuming you're using a command line ssh client).

Mike

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Thanks for the feedback guys and apologies for the delay in responding. It must have been an issue with the password - I did originally set a password on the new account when I created it, but I must have been entering it wrong, as when I reset it, the account worked with the new password. Thanks for the assist guys!

My next question concerns Samba. I have been following the instruction on the wiki: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php? ... SambaHowTo

but they don't seem to work with R6 - there is no entry for samba under /etc/init.d

there is a folder for samba under /usr/lib/samba, does this mean it's installed, if so how do I start it?

Thanks!

Ah think I've found the solution here: http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.p ... ight=samba

Thanks.