#783064 Can't ssh into newly installed domU jessie instances

Package:
xen-tools
Source:
xen-tools
Submitter:
Jean-Michel Nirgal Vourgère
Date:
2024-08-20 06:39:02 UTC
Severity:
important
#783064#5
Date:
2015-04-21 12:58:11 UTC
From:
To:
Hi

Using a jessie dom0, after the creation of a domU instance running
jessie, one get a message like:

Installation Summary
---------------------
Hostname        :  medusa
Distribution    :  jessie
MAC Address     :  00:12:34:56:78:0A
IP Address(es)  :  192.168.1.10
RSA Fingerprint :  11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00
Root Password   :  passwordpasswordpasswor


We have the IP address, the SSH RSA fingerprint and the password, so it
looks natural to try to use ssh.

However, since jessie, root login with just a password is disabled. We
need a key. So this doesn't work.


It would be nice to patch the new installed instance to allow ssh root@
logins.
Or maybe copy the ssh key, if any, as an authorized_key?


At the very least, a hint to use "xl console" rather than ssh would be nice.


Thanks
#783064#12
Date:
2024-08-20 06:01:00 UTC
From:
To:
As a Xen user, using `xl console` seems quite obvious to me.  That was the
first thing I tried, not SSH, so I didn't encounter this.

I'd suggest reprioritizing this as "wishlist", if not closing it as "won't
fix".