I dont know if this is right but i'll try and explain

has you know i have XP with two nicks then 2nd nick as a cross over cable going to Tinysofa server, we got this going with the help of this forum.

Any way i did a reboot.

Turn every thing on ssh, httpd, vsftpd etc etc

Ping works both ways
Can view html page from the tiny sofa web server.

when i use PuTTY from XP to log in Tinysofa as root ( I get Access denined )
Same with winSPC3 ( Access denined )

If i log in using PuTTY from XP with user account it lets me in, then i have to switch user ( su root ) then it lets me in as root.

winSPC3 lets user account in to his directory

FTP as root on port 22 just hangs there.
FTP as user on port 22 just hangs there as well..

using vsftpd

Over all it s looks pretty tough, i can see it has alot of secuity on it..

Is this normal ???

TT

ftp on port 22 ? ssh uses tcp 22 port as default. ftp uses tcp 21. if u wanna see what services uses which ports, look at /etc/services file.

linux is secure enough. but if it will have a direct connection to internet (not NAT), u must configure firewall also.

if root password contains numbers, dont use number keys which controlled by numlock key when u are using putty. i hope i could explain.

Why is this ???

TT

i dont know, i cant use those keys when i use putty here.

I see, i dont have that problem i dont think

the /etc/services has heaps in there

the ones that look like this are they blocked ?
rsync 872/udp #rsync


TT

I think there is needs for a chat room here... I cannot follow this thread and help you since I do not know what you need anymore

I was trying to give my self access as root from XP using PuTTY to log into tinysofa..

last post was looking at what ports are blocked etc..


TT

Ok, and if from the XP box, from a command line you

telnet tinysofa 22

What is the result ??

You have 3 choices:

1 - Could not open connection
--> sshd is not running on the Linux

2 - Something like SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.5p1
--> You should be able to get there... If not this is a ssh config prob.

3 - Wating a long time and then connection timed out
--> protected by firewall

I would recommand to flush the firewall and then try.

iptables -F I think...

With these informations, it will be easier to help

cool thanks

One telnet i get Could not open connection to host, on port 23: connection failed

TT

Yah I know this :-) That's why I said

telnet tinysofa 22

22 beeing the ssh port.

Hi,

The sshd configuration in tinysofa specifies 'PermitRootLogin no'.
You must login as a user, and then su to root.

Alternatively, edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, and change 'PermitRootLogin no' to 'PermitRootLogin yes', but this is not recommended (although, if your Linux box is behind your NAT, and you don't have any port forwarding to that Linux box, you should be okay.)

Regards,
Omar Kilani

thank you i did work this out a while ago. I know what you mean by logging in by user first then su to root

thanks again

TT