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Old 06-13-2012, 01:14 PM   #1
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How do I start network before login debian squeeze


What I would like to do is have network available after boot so that I can connect via ssh, but ssh is not available is network connection until after login.
I had the same problem a few years back as stated in this post in which the links are now dead. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...omaine-830908/
Googling doesn't return any links that I've found useful as I thought last time I had to edit the /etc/init.d file.
 
Old 06-13-2012, 05:36 PM   #2
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When I boot my Slackware systems. the network is up and running when the logon is shown on screen. AFAIK this is standard for all linuxes.
 
Old 06-13-2012, 07:35 PM   #3
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What fruttenboel said; network services normally start well before login is allowed.
Looking at a RHEL5 server here
Code:
S10network
in /etc/rc3.d
 
Old 06-13-2012, 10:23 PM   #4
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During startup it shows what services are being activated including network but, unless I log into the physical computer the network is not accessible via ssh.

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Old 06-13-2012, 11:55 PM   #5
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You'd best show us an example; it sounds like you are trying to make an automated cxn from this system to another, before networking is fully up.
 
Old 06-14-2012, 12:06 AM   #6
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Another note if I log out of gnome the network is no longer available.

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Old 06-14-2012, 04:59 AM   #7
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I also want to add that I can only ssh into machine after logging into user account & only while user is logged on.
Also the vncviewer can only see the machine when the user is logge in
 
Old 06-14-2012, 08:59 PM   #8
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I don't know if this is really relevant, but I can ssh/scp into my Debian box without a local user's being logged in. On reboot, I can do it as soon as the login prompt appears.

Note that it is using wired networking, a static ip, and no display manager, so it may not be a comparable situation. However, if I remember correctly, I was able to do this before I made the display manager go away.
 
Old 06-14-2012, 09:23 PM   #9
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Have you configured your network in /etc/network/interfaces or do you use Gnome's NetworkManager?
 
Old 06-14-2012, 10:26 PM   #10
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Since I haven't recalled what I did to get the network to be available on boot on my Dell Optiplex, I only have the default network setup on my Amd machine from new install.
I think I need to take the old Dell out of storage to see what I changed to make the network available at boot.

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Old 06-14-2012, 10:36 PM   #11
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It is actually pretty simple: Just post the contents of /etc/network/interfaces and have a look at the settings of your Network Manager, if you have one installed (like wicd or Gnome NetworkManager).
 
Old 06-14-2012, 10:42 PM   #12
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I just reinstalled os selecting only ssh server, rebooted then used tasksel to install desktop, logged into my router & was able to ping. So now I atleast know it's getting ip address at boot, so I have to go in & configure to accept connection from my laptop.
 
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Well I didn't figure out how to do it manually but letting tasksel do it from the beginning definately worked.
The only issue I had was that I needed to remove the old keys, then I was able to login.
I really would like to know what is different as these 2 files haven't changed.


Quote:
topgun2@Perfectionplus1:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
#NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp
topgun2@Perfectionplus1:~$ cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=false
topgun2@Perfectionplus1:~$
It has to have something to do with /etc/init.d

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Old 06-15-2012, 03:59 AM   #14
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I think you need to change inetd.conf. For Linux, the network is so essential that it is ALWAYS running by default. My inetd.conf file looks as follows:

Code:
# These are standard services:
#
# Very Secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server.
#ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  vsftpd
#
# Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server.

ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  proftpd

#
# Telnet server:
#telnet stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.telnetd
#
# The comsat daemon notifies the user of new mail when biff is set to y:

comsat        dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.comsat
#
# Ident service is used for net authentication
auth    stream  tcp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/in.identd     in.identd
#
See also various setups for various machines on the webpage

http://fruttenboel.verhoeven272.nl/l...eryllium2.html

Other linux, same idea.
 
Old 06-15-2012, 05:12 AM   #15
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My ssytem doesnt have inet.d.conf
I'm now looking in rc.d files
My system was booting rcS.d & I noticed that it's the only 1 that rmnologin
 
  


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