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SME Server:Documentation:User Manual:Chapter1 (view source)
Revision as of 06:26, 17 February 2007
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==Access==
===Passwords===
The user's password gives access to server login, file storage, email accounts and the like.
The user's password gives access to server login, file storage, email accounts and the like.
If a user's password is lost the administrator can reset to a new value, but not retrieve the old one.
If a user's password is lost the administrator can reset to a new value, but not retrieve the old one.
Passwords must be sufficiently complex; rules controlled by the server administrator.
Passwords must be sufficiently complex; rules controlled by the server administrator.
===VPN Access===
The administrator must enable VPN for those users allowed to connect via VPN to your SME Server.
The administrator must enable VPN for those users allowed to connect via VPN to your SME Server.
Of course you will need to ensure that required ports & protocols are open and that your router/modem supports VPN without any hassles. Problems people experience are usually port/protocol related when the server is in server-only mode, and the router is acting as gateway without the required ports having been forwarded to SME. The search on VPN will tell you all about this.
Of course you will need to ensure that required ports & protocols are open and that your router/modem supports VPN without any hassles. Problems people experience are usually port/protocol related when the server is in server-only mode, and the router is acting as gateway without the required ports having been forwarded to SME. The search on VPN will tell you all about this.
===Shell Access===
===Connection Methods===
There are two methods of connecting to the server's shell
There are two methods of connecting to the server's shell
===Enabling SSH===
To enable SSH access you need to log onto the server-manager and go to //Security -> Remote Access//.
To enable SSH access you need to log onto the server-manager and go to //Security -> Remote Access//.
===Logging On===
In both the above cases (SSH and Console access), there are, by default only two users that you can log on as:
In both the above cases (SSH and Console access), there are, by default only two users that you can log on as:
===Securing SSH With Public / Private Keys===
If you need to get SSH access to your server from outside the LAN (e.g. you want to get to your work server from home) then the advised method is to use Public / Private Keys.
If you need to get SSH access to your server from outside the LAN (e.g. you want to get to your work server from home) then the advised method is to use Public / Private Keys.