connecting to 10.5 install via SSH and VNC

[Jason Joines]

Dan Shoop wrote:
> 
> On Nov 1, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Jason Joines wrote:
> 
>> -------- Original Message  --------
>> Subject: Re: connecting to 10.5 install via SSH and VNC
>> From: Dan Shoop <shoop at iwiring.net>
>> To: Jason Joines <joines at okstate.edu>
>> Cc: macosx-admin at omnigroup.com
>> Date: Thu Nov  1 10:58:00 2007
>>>
>>> On Nov 1, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Jason Joines wrote:
>>>
>>>>     The documentation for 10.5 says you can connect to the running 
>>>> installer via SSH or VNC to continue the installation remotely.  It 
>>>> also says the password is the hardware serial number.  However, it 
>>>> doesn't mention what username to send.  I've tried root and admin 
>>>> but no luck. Anyone know what username to send?
>>>
>>> The password is only the serial number when booted off the install 
>>> distro media. The username is root. Make sure you're trying to 
>>> connect to the right machine. How did you try determining that?
>>>
>>>
>>> -dhan
>>
>>
>>
>>    I was booted off the install media, I did try root, I did try 
>> connecting to the correct machine.  I used it's DNS name.
> 
> You should try targeting the machine that Server Assistant reports.
> 
> -dhan



     During the install, while at the local machine, I used some tool I 
believe was called "network utility" and verified it had obtained the 
correct static IP address from DHCP that statically maps to the DNS name 
  I used.


Jason
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