XS Configuration Management: Difference between revisions
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When a school server is installed, it has no user accounts, remote (SSH) login to the root account is disabled, and remote logins must be authenticated using a public/private key pair. If exploring or developing with a school server, you will need to add a new account ( |
When a school server is installed, it has no user accounts, remote (SSH) login to the root account is disabled, and remote logins must be authenticated using a public/private key pair. If exploring or developing with a school server, as root from the console you will need to add a new account (username wad in the example): |
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adduser |
adduser wad |
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passwd |
passwd wad |
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wget http://dev.laptop.org/~ |
wget http://dev.laptop.org/~wad/dsa_public_key |
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mkdir /home/ |
mkdir /home/wad/.ssh |
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mv |
mv dsa_public_key /home/wad/.ssh/authorized_keys |
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chown -R |
chown -R wad:wad /home/wad/.ssh |
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The public key, downloaded from <tt>http://dev.laptop.org/~ |
The public key, downloaded from <tt>http://dev.laptop.org/~wad/dsa_public_key</tt> in the above example, can be generated on any Linux system using the <tt>ssh-keygen</tt> command (which leaves your new public/private key pair in <tt>.ssh</tt>). You want to copy the <tt>id_rsa.pub</tt> or <tt>id_dsa.pub</tt> file to other machines to allow logins. |
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Revision as of 03:11, 5 September 2007
This page describes how the software packages comprising an XS School server are configured.
This page is sadly unfinished.
Server Configuration
Configuration of packages
School Specific Configuration
The school specific configuration is largely done by a script, network_config.py, run at first boot.
User Accounts
When a school server is installed, it has no user accounts, remote (SSH) login to the root account is disabled, and remote logins must be authenticated using a public/private key pair. If exploring or developing with a school server, as root from the console you will need to add a new account (username wad in the example):
adduser wad passwd wad wget http://dev.laptop.org/~wad/dsa_public_key mkdir /home/wad/.ssh mv dsa_public_key /home/wad/.ssh/authorized_keys chown -R wad:wad /home/wad/.ssh
The public key, downloaded from http://dev.laptop.org/~wad/dsa_public_key in the above example, can be generated on any Linux system using the ssh-keygen command (which leaves your new public/private key pair in .ssh). You want to copy the id_rsa.pub or id_dsa.pub file to other machines to allow logins.