Console Access

[RabidLamb]

This may be just ignorance on my part, but I have yet to get into the "console access" at port 7322 via SSH. If I'm understanding correctly, I should be able to login to the IP I was emailed via an SSH client at port 7322, and it should be like sitting at the machine. The problem seems to be that my login information isn't accepted. It's not a blocked port, as it asks me for my login info. It just says that my info isn't valid. This isn't a big deal at the moment as I haven't needed console access because my own sshd is working fine, but I'm sure I'll need it some day. My domain is classiccity.us.

Thanks,

Paul

PS - If/When I upgrade my plan to a higher number, will it be necessary to start fresh, or will my server's FS expand to fill the new found space?

[matta]

Try changing your password for the console via Teknic and try again? If coming from using unix ssh command then "ssh -p 7322 user@host" will work.

Upgrades preserve the partition, it is just resized.

[AndrewKT]

This is a little odd, and it took me a few tries to get it right. Basically, it uses the same login you use for Teknic. That gets you the boot console dump.

At the end of that, is another login box. That is actually your VM. You log in there as if you were sitting in front of the box(with your regular username/password).

For your other question, see: Plan changes (http://www.unixshell.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3)

[RabidLamb]

I thought you guys had it nailed. I was using a password with some special characters in it that were apparently a little too 'special' and Technic said it was invalid. So I changed it to an easier one, and the change worked. But I'm still getting "access denied" when trying to login to the console. I've tried from PuTTY at work, and I've tried from my Linux box at home. My login is pmclanahan if you find some time to check the logs. I really appreciate the help and thanks AndrewKT for pointing me to the thread I should've found searching. :o

Like I said, this isn't urgent, but thanks a lot for the help, and for this unique and wonderful hosting idea. I'm loving it so far and, if you still have some hardware room, will be upgrading very soon.

Thanks again,

Paul

[RabidLamb]

Turns out it was my own dumb ass(c) fault. I didn't notice when changing my console password via TechNic that it only allowed 8 chars, and my passwd of choice had 9. So I was typing all 9 into the box, only 8 of which made it to the actual passwd, so when I tried to log in I was entering 1 too many characters. D'oh!

[matta]

Hrm... I wonder how it let you type in 9. I just checked the HTML for the box.

<input type=password name=newpass length=8 maxlength=8>

I don't see how it allows 9 characters...

[matta]

Ah... just spotted my error. It should be "size=8", not "length=8".

[RabidLamb]

no... you were right the first time. "size=8" won't limit what people can put in, it just specifies the number of characters visible in the box at a time. "length=8" is correct, I just worded my post badly. What happened is that I typed my usual password in quickly as always and didn't notice that it had only allowed 8 of them into the box. So I didn't realize that the password I had submitted was only 8 characters. It's purely my fault for not paying close enough attention. If you have changed your HTML to "size=8" then you'll need to change it back because that alone will not work.

Thanks a lot for checking though,

Paul

[matta]

I am getting conflicting documentation from the internet... at any rate, the input tag just has size=8, length=8, and maxlength=8... with that it should only ever allow 8 and whatever isn't valid will just be ignored.

[lutchann]

Just a suggestion... If you use length=8 and size=10, the box will always be two characters larger than the maximum the user can type. This will possibly alert the user that they have typed too many characters because they will notice that asterisks are failing to appear in the remaining blank space in the box. As it is right now, once the user has reached the visible size, there is no visual difference between no more characters being accepted and the first character scrolling off the left side of the box.

[matta]

Ok... sounds good, let me know how it looks. I've only tested it in FireFox.

[lutchann]

Looks good in Epiphany, but that uses the Gecko renderer too so that's not a very useful test. :-)

[phdecora]

im on win98se.
i cant use the tecnik website,
i cant use putty (ssh).

putty always gives me 'access denied' after i enter my username/password

tenick website just flashes that username/password again, ad infinitum.

im using the username/password sent to me in email.

i also changed my 'billing' password, and have tried that a few times.
it doesnt work either.