Quick update... the Debian image for the vps for some reason
won't let me use ssh or the console on the HyperVM panel.
So...after going round in circles trying to figure that one out,
I'm back to Ubuntu. On Ubuntu for some reason the 'visudo' command
won't work, gives me the message "-bash: visudo: command not found"
So I can't use a sudo login atm, which I know isn't good.
Weird that sudo wasn't installed, maybe it's a security measure
on the Ubuntu Server Edition, most sysadmin frown on using sudo it
seems. You can just do a "su" and enter the password to switch to
root on any system
Well from everything I've read/been told before you should
disable root login ASAP as a security precaution. So that's what
I've done, following the guides at Slicehost. :)
@BUGabundo: LOL, sorry,
but I'm creating enough chaos on my own without adding another user
into the mix. :)
26 comments so far
enjoy while its free lol
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
Why are they planning on imposing charges that I don't know about soon? :D
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
@zenith: not that i know of!
what did u try already?
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
Ubuntu, CentOS with LxAdmin (really yucky control panel!), and now just about to get to grips with Debian. :)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
who is winning?
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
I will rooting for Debian to win ;)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by tabrez.
No answer to that yet, but LxAdmin is definitely losing! Can't blame the OS for that though. :)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
I would like to go with ubuntu since I'm more used to it! sure debian can be as good as YOU. centos seems to be the preferred one by web hosters
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
Quick update... the Debian image for the vps for some reason won't let me use ssh or the console on the HyperVM panel. So...after going round in circles trying to figure that one out, I'm back to Ubuntu. On Ubuntu for some reason the 'visudo' command won't work, gives me the message "-bash: visudo: command not found" So I can't use a sudo login atm, which I know isn't good.
Argh!! I'm having fun though. Honest. :)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
GUI on VPS ?! are you crazy ?! lol
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
visudo what for?
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
No...most vps's have a base control panel in order to reboot and re-image your vps etc...
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
it seems that it isn't installed... sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get install visudo !?
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
Can't use sudo either, not finding that command lol
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
Ok, just installed sudo...you'd think an ubuntu install would have that by default. :P
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
unless the web hoster wants to lock you out! do you have root ?
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
Yeah I have root, just that sudo wasn't installed. Is now though, and visudo magically works :)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.
Weird that sudo wasn't installed, maybe it's a security measure on the Ubuntu Server Edition, most sysadmin frown on using sudo it seems. You can just do a "su" and enter the password to switch to root on any system
2 weeks, 1 day ago by dantheman.
you don't need sudo if you are root! LOL
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
@bugabundo: actually you do need sudo even if you have root password. It makes total sense to always use sudo.
I have the root password for all my servers. Can't remember last time I used it though.
2 weeks, 1 day ago by melo.
@bugabundo That was the point, whatever task you were trying to sudo just switch to root and do it ;)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by dantheman.
@dantheman: you don't even switch to root. as soon as you login, I guess @zenith is already root
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
@zenith still if you can get me a low previleged user account, I would enjoy trying a remote system! lol
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
@melo: one of the first thing i do when i install ubuntu box is setup a strong root password, that is diferent from my main admin user
sudo passwd
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
sorry guys... #imku seems slow
2 weeks, 1 day ago by BUGabundo.
Well from everything I've read/been told before you should disable root login ASAP as a security precaution. So that's what I've done, following the guides at Slicehost. :)
@BUGabundo: LOL, sorry, but I'm creating enough chaos on my own without adding another user into the mix. :)
2 weeks, 1 day ago by zenith.