Accessing VMWARE remotely

[Umair]

I was trying to access the file structure on the VMWARE Machine (remotely). But the login always fails.
I am using the following credentials:

user: root
Pass: password

i did however bumped into the following para on Deki installation site:

Warning: Deki Wiki only allows local access root access; however, if you're deploying in a production or mission critical environment these credentials should be modified. Contact MindTouch for support if you have questions about how to do this.

[scott.harman]

Hi Umair

Not recommended to do this - I'd personally add a non-root account and use this for regular access, then su to root (or is it sudo on debian?) once you're successfully logged on

However if you're feeling dangerous, you can change the ssh daemon configuration to grant access

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin no
change to yes

then restart the ssh daemon
./etc/init.d/ssh restart (off the top of my head)

[Umair]

Blimey...!!
I thought it had something to do with the configuration of VM...

Still Scott, Thanx a bundle for your Help!

[MarkCarson]

Hi Umair

Not recommended to do this - I'd personally add a non-root account and use this for regular access, then su to root (or is it sudo on debian?) once you're successfully logged on

However if you're feeling dangerous, you can change the ssh daemon configuration to grant access

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin no
change to yes

then restart the ssh daemon
./etc/init.d/ssh restart (off the top of my head)

Stupid question, how do I even get into VMWare locally? The only way I can see to get to it is FTP and that doesn't work because of the problem mentioned previously.

mark

[royk]

download putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html) and launch

for the host name, specify your site name or IP address, and login with root/password.

[Umair]

or else, if you are not so much familiar with the command based interfaces, try downloading WINSCP.

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

[scott.harman]

yeah - you do kind of need both

[Bizzz]

For Scott ,below some details... already mentioned into previous threads
There are a lot of possibilities for having an external access with your VM :
1-With VMware Player
When your wiki has completly booted, a login screen is displayed into VMware player
click inside this window to be able to input something
enter your login = root
enter your password = password
You are now logged and you can launch any Linux command you want
Be aware of the keyboard you use! The VM is configured with an US "QWERTY" keyboard, and when using my french "AZERTY" keyboard I must type pqsszord and not password
You can change this keyboard and language configuration if you want (look for dpkg-reconfigure console-data and dpkg-reconfigure locales)

2-With an external terminal session emulator
My preferred solution! You can have a full screen session, scroll bar, ...
You can use Putty (downloadable here)
Create a connection with IP address of your VM
Choose ssh protocol (port 22)
Click on Open button and a telnet Window is displayed (login=root, password=password)
The keyboard problem mentioned above doesn't exist here (you can enter "password" normally)

3-With FTP transfer
You can also make a connection to your VM with a FTP client.
Connect, transfer VM files locally, use them locally, then transfer them again into VM.
I suggest you to use Filezilla client (downloadable here)

To configure access to your Hayes machine, create a site configuration with the following parameters :
Host = w.x.y.z (IP address of your wiki, example 192.168.0.5)
Port = 22
Server type = SFTP using SSH2
Authentication type = normal
User = root
Password = password

4-You can use shared directories proposed by VMware player, or Samba

[jmfreier]

4-You can use shared directories proposed by VMware player, or Samba

Unfortunately the Virtual Appliance created to run under VMWare Player doesn't have any folders configured from the Guest OS install to be shared. I.E. if you enable sharing, there's no way to add them through VMWare Player unless you have an ACE License I believe? Please let me know if I'm wrong.

While trying to access shares via Samba I've run into some configuration issues (mostly my own problem as it's been several years since I've worked with Samba). I can currently connect to my Windows Host via another Virtual appliance, and connect to the Deki VM App with that this other appliance, but am having troubles connecting the Windows Host to the Deki App.

[Petrus4]

[QUOTE=jmfreier;6179]Unfortunately the Virtual Appliance created to run under VMWare Player doesn't have any folders configured from the Guest OS install to be shared. I.E. if you enable sharing, there's no way to add them through VMWare Player unless you have an ACE License I believe? Please let me know if I'm wrong.

QUOTE]

Hi JM,

Yes you are wrong,which is probably a good thing!

check out this thread. I have a shared folder running in Vmware player 2.0
I cannot get it running in VMWARE SERVER.. So if anyone out there does have it working on VMWARE SERVER let me know!