<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill Nottingham</b> <<a href="mailto:notting@redhat.com">notting@redhat.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Matthew Miller (<a href="mailto:mattdm@mattdm.org">mattdm@mattdm.org</a>) said:<br><br>> But really, it seems like the "can't get to a shell during/after an install"<br>> can leave you stuck in a number of cases, not just this one....
<br><br>It's just that realistically, changing this would essentially mean<br>"any headless machine will not be able to be logged into without kickstart<br>machinations". I don't think that's an improvement.</blockquote>
<div><br>Agreed. Remote login is very useful to finish an install - or if other mechanisms that normally do work don't.<br></div><br>The problem, that some bots try and try and try again on the ssh root account, would best be dealth with with a default configuration that blocks an IP for some time if enough unsuccessful attempts are made.
<br></div><br>-- <br>Trond Eivind Glomsrød<br>Oslo, Norway