On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 10:44:29AM -0600, Robert Citek wrote: > BTW, I also saw this on the image: > > $ grep -i root /etc/ssh/sshd_config > PermitRootLogin yes > > Not good. Somewhat surprising for Debian. Should change in future images.
Normally the ssh server isn't installed by default. Is the ssh server running by default on our student images? I'm guessing it is since there are config files in /etc. Do we need it installed on their machines though? > > > My suspicions are that the root password has already been changed or > > > that this machine is in some way foobared, and that handing out our > > > root password isn't going to solve the problem. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Only way to know for sure would be to see the machine. If they bring it > > in, a volunteer can change the root password for the machine (and look > > into the DHCP issue). However, once we start changing root password on > > student machines, we've got a whole new issue for ANY future support. > > I agree that bringing the machine in is the best option. They said in one of the emails that they were using AT&T. I haven't studied the issue we've been having with AT&T DSL, but weren't there issues with this and couldn't this simply be the problem they're having? sean -- Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:29:26 -0600
