I am brand spankin new to VMware so please be patient. I am trying to install the Virtual Machine Management pack in my HP Sim app. The instructions say I need to edit the sshd_config file, How do I do this, there is no command line.
congrats - now is the easy part - first off to be able to get in you will need to use the VI Client to create regular user that has Shell Access enabled - check out page 214 of - once you have created that user use it to long in via putty and run the command su - and you will be asked for the root password - this elevate you to root user status which will allow you to edit the sshd_config file by doing the following:
Using a text editor vi and nano are two examples - I would suggest nano becaue you have a menu at the bottom of the page - nano -w \etc\ssh\sshd_config will allow you to edit the configuration file - when you have made the change hit ctrl-x which will exit you out of nano but will ask if you want to save the changes - once that is done run service sshd restart and this will restart the ssh service. Once this is done you will be able to login as root via putty - but just a word of warning yhis is not the preferred way because it does reduce your security - preferred method is to create users and then su up to root to maintain an audit trail
Fantastic! One battle down in the war. Thank you for your help, I had to change some of the path stuff to fit this machine but I was able to stumble through that. Once the HP SIM module is setup I am going to reverse the change to keep secure, It just need the initial setup.
I will be going to school for VMware soon but am quite sure I will hit another wall before then. Thanks again.