Putty SSH Connection tty1

[DAckroyd]

Hi all - should I hope be an easy question (even if the answer is "not possible")

 

I want to connect to the main console (tty1?) from an SSH session from PuTTY. Is this possible and if so how?

 

Thanks all

[powdarrmonkey]

You could investigate TTY redirection, which you'd normally do to a serial device but I don't know if you can redirect to a virtual device after the event.

 

You could also use screen, but that means leaving tty1 logged in and unattended, which I don't recommend (see Connect to TTY1 Session using SSH - Ubuntu Forums)

[DAckroyd]

ok looks like I will need to walk to the server to perform certain tasks - thanks

[powdarrmonkey]

What do you need to do that requires tty1??

[DAckroyd]

shutting down server doesn't work through ssh and when I was just installing something I had to run a preinstall_setup.sh and it wasn't able to reboot so I had to walk to the server and do it

[powdarrmonkey]

shutting down server doesn't work through ssh and when I was just installing something I had to run a preinstall_setup.sh and it wasn't able to reboot so I had to walk to the server and do it

 

There's no reason not to be able to shut down through SSH (you just get a shell, after all) so something about your install is broken. Presume you were root when you shut down?

[DAckroyd]

I can't log into the server as root through SSH (it's an ESX box)

 

I su into root but it doesn't allow it

[localzuk]

have you tried using sudo?

[powdarrmonkey]

(it's an ESX box)

 

Ah, you didn't say that. Try saying telinit 0 as root.

[DAckroyd]

Ah, you didn't say that. Try saying telinit 0 as root.

 

logged on remotely, su'ed then:

[root@...]# telinet 0

 

bash: telinit: command not found

[TwoZeroAlpha]

sudo reboot now

 

usually works for me

 

Also

 

sudo shutdown -P now (for poweroff)

[Domino]

you could always enable root access

 

sysdigg: Enable SSH root login into VMware ESX

[powdarrmonkey]

sudo reboot now

 

usually works for me

 

Also

 

sudo shutdown -P now (for poweroff)

 

On a machine that VMware haven't crippled, yes...

 

Mind you, I'm more worried that their software requires a reboot to take effect (such a Windows-ism...). Can you not restart the service affected instead?