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Re: Remote access PC support



On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 01:41:44PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
> >I say this because I've just broken a remote box doing an apt-get
> >upgrade - security upgrades to woody - which Isn't Supposed To Happen.
> >Don't know exactly how, because ssh is one of the things that broke...
> 
>      If you can get access to the box or walk someone through access on the 
>      box'
> check /etc/pam.d/ssh.  When ssh crapped out on me after an upgrade (wasn't 
> woody) pawing through the logs showed that it was tripping up on pam's 
> limits. I just commented out the following line to regain access:
> session    required     pam_limits.so
> 
>     That might be it, might not and I'm sure there's better ways of fixing 
> it.  OTOH I'm the only one on that box so I don't need no steenkin' 
> leemits!  :)

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind when I get over to the box. Not sure if
it is that, though, as all I'm getting is a blunt "connection
refused". (And now, I'm not even getting that, because my pigeon has
knocked the phone off the hook so the modem isn't working!)

-- 
Pigeon

Be kind to pigeons
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