RE: only root can use console command? (solved it)

I just solved my own problem, and I thought to share it:

The problem was incorrect permissions on the config file console.cf. I have defined a master other then the default of ‘console’ in this config file.

When user’s attempted to use the console command, conserver was unable to read the config file ‘console.cf’, and instead tried to route the request to the default host called ‘console’. We still have a host called console because it is part of the legacy version 7.x network. As you may know, version 8.x clients cannot communicate with version 7.x masters. I figured it out by manually defining the master using the ‘console –M’ command, which works.

Thanks for your help and kudos to a great product!

Phillip Pacheco

WIS-UNIX

Genesys

From: Harris, David (IT Solutions US) [mailto:david.k.harris@siemens.com]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:30 PM
To: Phillip Pacheco; users@conserver.com
Subject: RE: only root can use console command?

What do you have in the conserver.passwd file? You *DO* have one, don’t you? J

Most of my users are set to authenticate with their /etc/passwd file entry…

-Z-

David 'Zonker' Harris
Silicon Valley Service Delivery Center, Network Operations

Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc.
Infrastructure Management Services
39600 Eureka Drive
Newark, CA 94560
Tel: 510 624-5524
Fax: 510 624-5508
mailto: david.k.harris@siemens.com
www.usa.siemens.com/it-solutions

From: users-bounces@conserver.com [mailto:users-bounces@conserver.com] On Behalf Of Phillip Pacheco
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:21 PM
To: users@conserver.com
Subject: only root can use console command?

Conserver,

I am missing something simple here, I think. I have setup 3 console servers, and they each work fine, if the user is root. If I attempt to access the console of a system as a user I get the following:

> console boromir

console: connect(): 782@console: Connection refused

I have this in my conserver.cf file:

default * { logfile /logs/console/&; timestamp 30ma; rw *; }

I thought that setting the ‘rw *’ in the default config line would allow any user to connect. What am I doing wrong? Why can’t normal user accounts access the console command?

Console –V output below.

Thanks,

Phil

console: conserver.com version 8.1.11

console: default initial master server `console'

console: default port referenced as `782'

console: default escape sequence `^Ec'

console: default site-wide configuration in `/opt/csw/etc/console.cf'

console: default per-user configuration in `$HOME/.consolerc'

console: options: libwrap, openssl, pam

console: openssl version: OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004

console: built with `./configure --prefix=/opt/csw --mandir=/opt/csw/share/man --with-port=782 --with-pam --with-openssl --with-libwrap --with-logfile=/opt/csw/var/log/conserver'

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