accessing linux 7.1 through mobile phone
 

Hi
I need to know how to connect linux 7.1 through a mobile phone and gain adminstrative control to trouble shoot remotely. For example to shut down database or shutdown computer when power is down suddenly before power back up is off. Please guide me if there is any material availbale on internet about mobile phone access to lunux systems and its software and hardware requirements.
Nasir

Hi!

Sounds like telemetry to me, but the newest kernels have the newest drivers available.

I have not seen "linux 7.1" for quite a while if ever.

If you type in at a console "uname -a" (without the quotes) that will reveal the version and architecture you have.

Regards Glenn. :)

Hi

I assume you're not running X and just want to access the console remotely. If this is the case then it should simply be a matter of installing a Telnet or SSH (preferably SSH) server, which can most likely be done easily via your distro's package manager, and then trying to find a client for the relevant protocol for your mobile phone.

As for root access, it's not a good idea to allow root to login remotely; it would instead be advisable to log in with a regular account and use su or sudo to gain root access. If, however, you still want to allow root to log in remotely, /etc/securetty contains a list of the terminals to which root is allowed to log in.

Hope this helps.

1337_penguin