From chrispcallx@gmail.com Tue Mar 27 23:15:16 2012 Received: from mail-pb0-f50.google.com (mail-pb0-f50.google.com [209.85.160.50]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2RNF9dd004422 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:15:16 GMT Received: by pbcxa12 with SMTP id xa12so820022pbc.9 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:15:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=qDM3sF5RQycTCbRP3o8RZAKuLOhUyu8ajN6E/cvX32w=; b=Vzz3UC1MqnL72wytvnrdDN3ax+99QTdpJ5ZdgbuLRPCg6tLIauDWwYSjxAH3yqQ9GD 4TTMvJro4ux6lujXTS2G2pR46dHURmBxvrbxoXdaM4l6Wbv6LDoMkQtN53mnEz3gVUEe MC/Rn+KiuPKzdLmXQxEUozl3xd2ZoiOCFVGdM/tJTHB6FwqzxUSLMfb1rJesaV9i2te+ VF1UTelfsIvdWVgJ1qOskXl0c2avJchejrEHvBPZf6DWu/swfLa/dWRNrQRxGb/JGhZ3 v9MhIQpCr9XDYuqWFUBBan2ZceekHTV/8rp6QkbaFrMg2Aho/WmYbqiQAj9LVquznfUn 25hQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.131.1 with SMTP id oi1mr65997365pbb.102.1332890108861; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.165.17 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:15:08 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: First time user having problems with common errors (getservbyname) From: Chris Call To: users@conserver.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.489 () BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,T_DKIM_INVALID X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.72 on 209.182.219.30 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:15:16 -0000 I am relatively new to linux and especially to conserver and I have searched and read and can not find an answer to this question. I recently installed conserver and I am trying to run it and I keep getting the common (judging by the posts and FAQ) error of "getservbyname" Here is the output when I try to run conserver: [Tue Mar 27 19:07:50 2012] conserver (2710): ERROR: ParseFile(): fopen(full;): No such file or directory [Tue Mar 27 19:07:50 2012] conserver (2710): ERROR: ParseFile(): fopen(xyplex;): No such file or directory [Tue Mar 27 19:07:50 2012] conserver (2710): ERROR: getservbyname(conserver) failed I looked around and saw a few things and tried to edit my /etc/services and this is what I added: # Local services conserver 782/TCP #conserver I also edited my /etc/hosts file and added this: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost conserver console Finally, since I have not seen many examples of sample configs and such (I plan to make a tutorial after I get everything set up to help future new (see dumb) users like myself) I was wondering if conserver will even do what I want. I am trying to set up a spare laptop as a server (running crunchbang) and have 3 USB-serial converters on it, each going to a Cisco switch. Then I want to "dial" in to conserver so that I can access each cisco switch through it's console cable in my garage test network. I am using to study for CCNA. Each USB-serial device is currently working and they are /dev/ttyUSB0, USB1, & USB2, respectively. (If it is not possible to do this this way, please let me know if at all possible.) Thank you so much for any help that you can provide or answers to these questions. Chris From stoffj@taec.toshiba.com Wed Mar 28 14:15:33 2012 Received: from mailhost.taec.toshiba.com (mailhost.taec.toshiba.com [209.243.128.33]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2SEFM7k007287 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:15:32 GMT Received: from sjmailint.taec.com (sjmailint.taec.toshiba.com [209.243.129.16]) by mailhost.taec.toshiba.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id q2SEFJnQ028958; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:15:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from taec.toshiba.com (sekrit [209.243.166.44]) by sjmailint.taec.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id q2SEFJG07488; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:15:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from stoffj@localhost) by taec.toshiba.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id q2SEFJgV028485; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:15:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20339.7415.188243.573659@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:15:19 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" To: Chris Call Subject: Re: First time user having problems with common errors (getservbyname) In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 8.1.1 under 22.1.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) X-Spam-Score: -3.529 () BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.72 on 209.182.219.30 Cc: users@conserver.com X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:15:33 -0000 Chris> I recently installed conserver and I am trying to run it and I Chris> keep getting the common (judging by the posts and FAQ) error of Chris> "getservbyname" Chris> Here is the output when I try to run conserver: Chris> [Tue Mar 27 19:07:50 2012] conserver (2710): ERROR: ParseFile(): Chris> fopen(full;): No such file or directory Chris> [Tue Mar 27 19:07:50 2012] conserver (2710): ERROR: ParseFile(): Chris> fopen(xyplex;): No such file or directory Chris> [Tue Mar 27 19:07:50 2012] conserver (2710): ERROR: Chris> getservbyname(conserver) failed Can you post your conserver.cf file? I assume this error is when you are running 'conserver -d' or when you're running the 'console ' command? More details please! Chris> I looked around and saw a few things and tried to edit my Chris> /etc/services and this is what I added: Chris> # Local services Chris> conserver 782/TCP #conserver You shouldn't need to do this at all. Chris> I also edited my /etc/hosts file and added this: Chris> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost conserver Chris> console Did you install a pre-compiled package? It might be simpler to just download the source and compile your own version. Chris> Finally, since I have not seen many examples of sample configs Chris> and such (I plan to make a tutorial after I get everything set Chris> up to help future new (see dumb) users like myself) I was Chris> wondering if conserver will even do what I want. It's really pretty easy to get conserver up and running, post your config and we'll help you out. Chris> I am trying to set up a spare laptop as a server (running Chris> crunchbang) and have 3 USB-serial converters on it, each going Chris> to a Cisco switch. Then I want to "dial" in to conserver so Chris> that I can access each cisco switch through it's console cable Chris> in my garage test network. I am using to study for CCNA. Each Chris> USB-serial device is currently working and they are Chris> /dev/ttyUSB0, USB1, & USB2, respectively. (If it is not Chris> possible to do this this way, please let me know if at all Chris> possible.) Absolutely, this is completely possible and I do stuff like this all the time at work where I run conserver to manage serial consoles for Rackable Systems hardware, Cisco and Dell switches and some other random Serial stuff. So let's assume your crunchbang server is named 'crunchbang', just to make it simple. And that we're only interested in one port right now. Your /tmp/conserver.cf file would look something like this: console switch1 { master crunchbang; rw *; type device; device ttyUSB0; baud 9600; # See the conserver.cf man page for details... options autoreinit; logfile /tmp/switch1.log; } You would start the server with: conserver -C /tmp/conserver.cf And you would access it with: console -M crunchbang switch1 You would use your local username/password on crunchbang, the system hosting the conserver daemon, to get access. It's wide open in the above config (the rw *;) so that anyone can attach and do stuff. So let us know if this works for you. John From chrispcallx@gmail.com Sat Mar 31 16:05:00 2012 Received: from mail-pz0-f52.google.com (mail-pz0-f52.google.com [209.85.210.52]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2VG4rp6027021 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:04:59 GMT Received: by dake40 with SMTP id e40so589495dak.39 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:04:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=p2Xr1YqWgHtWu4U2vW0EOIb9te3AtF7Q1scJDKx622Q=; b=UW8HONI56qkc/6TTvG+Se4JMWtidf/X3cRg7tJyFGhntRdJxOm3Qf2pL/U5I61JAJm OHksm/P+Nd9Yzt3eO7i2wa6cnkoa50pylBWCjGp5LM8l3AWqO9TnVajrhLXC4nJ6vKOV PZD/HJ30F5OQIVjX4UE0IAALZRI4RaAYdH71Bt/HVrxEs3pksDWbwtaYpp9F0LAkp1GR MEPMpLcrfjnhTQ5bX4ldfvjFyNHmvSQBCzgQZ5pIvLHYgQDcdbd6Jn9gMp/u+f4bpr7x fhApcxeexruA21zlY0s23cydORZ1Sy0vP9XfBbMEZPIPx0dno6ibZ5SO8fs3/P6Befae FDcg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.216.3 with SMTP id om3mr5776872pbc.18.1333199897535; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:18:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.165.17 with HTTP; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:18:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:18:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Password problem with conserver: New User From: Chris Call To: users@conserver.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.489 () BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,T_DKIM_INVALID X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.72 on 209.182.219.30 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:05:00 -0000 I posted earlier this week but with John Stoffel's help and some reading and tweaking on my own (mostly John's help), I've gotten pretty far with conserver but ran into another problem. I am using crunchbang as both the conserver server and console machine on port 862 (burned that port in when I compiled conserver) and when I compiled it, I used the IP address instead of "crunchbang" (PCs hostname) of 127.0.0.1 as the "master" Now, when I run conserver with this command: conserver# console -D -p 862 -M 127.0.0.1 switch1 root@crunchbang:/usr/local/conserver/conserver-8.1.18/conserver# console -D -p 862 -M 127.0.0.1 switch1 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:2263] ProbeInterfaces(): ifc_len==64 max_count==2 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:2318] ProbeInterfaces(): name=lo addr=127.0.0.1 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:2318] ProbeInterfaces(): name=wlan0 addr=192.168.1.200 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec10e8 created string #3 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1188 created string #4 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec11d0 created string #5 console: DEBUG: [console.c:2477] cmds[1] = call console: DEBUG: [console.c:2477] cmds[0] = attach console: DEBUG: [console.c:615] GetPort: hostname= (127.0.0.1), ip=127.0.0.1, port=862 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1270 created string #6 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1288 created string #7 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec12a0 created string #8 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1348 created string #9 console: DEBUG: [console.c:769] ReadReply: `ok^M^J' console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec13a8 created string #10 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec13c0 created string #11 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1420 created string #12 console: DEBUG: [console.c:769] ReadReply: `passwd? crunchbang^M^J' console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec14c8 created string #13 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1528 created string #14 Enter root@crunchbang's password: console: DEBUG: [console.c:769] ReadReply: `ok^M^J' console: DEBUG: [console.c:769] ReadReply: `@crunchbang^M^J' console: DEBUG: [console.c:769] ReadReply: `goodbye^M^J' console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1270 string destroyed (count==13) console: DEBUG: [console.c:611] GetPort: hostname=crunchbang (crunchbang), ip=127.0.1.1, port=862 console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x9ec1690 created string #14 console: DEBUG: [console.c:769] ReadReply: `access from your host refused^M^J' console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1690 string destroyed (count==13) crunchbang: access from your host refused console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec11d0 string destroyed (count==12) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1528 string destroyed (count==11) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec14c8 string destroyed (count==10) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1420 string destroyed (count==9) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec13c0 string destroyed (count==8) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec13a8 string destroyed (count==7) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1348 string destroyed (count==6) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec12a0 string destroyed (count==5) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1288 string destroyed (count==4) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1188 string destroyed (count==3) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec10e8 string destroyed (count==2) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1020 string destroyed (count==1) console: DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x9ec1008 string destroyed (count==0) root@crunchbang:/usr/local/conserver/conserver-8.1.18/conserver# This is what conserver debug is spitting out: root@crunchbang:/usr/local/conserver/conserver-8.1.18/conserver# conserver -D [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8620 created string #1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8690 created string #2 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c86a8 created string #3 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): conserver.com version 8.1.18 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c90c8 created string #4 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): started as `root' by `root' [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [main.c:1397] main(): bind address set to `0.0.0.0' [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:2263] ProbeInterfaces(): ifc_len==64 max_count==2 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:2318] ProbeInterfaces(): name=lo addr=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:2318] ProbeInterfaces(): name=wlan0 addr=192.168.1.200 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8458 created string #5 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8470 created string #6 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8488 created string #7 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c84a0 created string #8 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c84b8 created string #9 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c84d0 created string #10 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c84e8 created string #11 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8500 created string #12 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c8518 created string #13 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c93a0 created string #14 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:2923] ReadCfg(): got keyword 'console' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:1] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:2371] ConsoleBegin(switch1) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:1] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'master' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:1] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3715] ConsoleItemMaster(crunchbang) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:2] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'rw' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:2] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3859] ConsoleItemRw(*) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:3] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:2118] ProcessRoRw(*) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:3] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'type' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:3] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3883] ConsoleItemType(device) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:4] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'device' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:4] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3507] ConsoleItemDevice(ttyUSB0) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:5] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'baud' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:5] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3483] ConsoleItemBaud(9600) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:6] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'parity' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:6] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3739] ConsoleItemParity(none) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:7] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:3006] got keyword 'options' [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:7] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3727] ConsoleItemOptions(autoreinit cstopb hupcl) [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:9] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:2440] ConsoleEnd() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:9] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:240] BreakDestroy() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:10] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:434] GroupDestroy() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:10] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:871] DefaultDestroy() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:10] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:3102] ConsoleDestroy() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:10] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:2652] [switch1] remote on crunchbang [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:4075] AccessDestroy() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:10] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [readcfg.c:4519] ConfigDestroy() [/usr/local/etc/conserver.cf:10] [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:314] SetDefAccess(): trust=a, who=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:314] SetDefAccess(): trust=a, who=192.168.1.200 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9260 created string #15 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9278 created string #16 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9290 created string #17 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:10 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9400 created string #18 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9448 created string #19 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c94e8 created string #20 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9500 created string #21 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9518 created string #22 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9530 created string #23 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:145] AccType(): ip=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:184] AccType(): who=192.168.1.200, trust=a [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:204] AccType(): addr=192.168.1.200 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:184] AccType(): who=127.0.0.1, trust=a [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:204] AccType(): addr=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c95a8 created string #24 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9608 created string #25 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [group.c:868] CheckPass(): shadow password check [Sat Mar 31 09:08:16 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [group.c:898] CheckPass(): password check failed ($6$0vrAtmfI$7dz8ja0vkFaVAEbiBrU/R601PWYRmi/jNFN9GmEd7YCWM/SMUpx1BfcItgXEQT7agnWHAQMXkS6hTYeaah8uG.) [Sat Mar 31 09:08:19 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [group.c:868] CheckPass(): shadow password check [Sat Mar 31 09:08:19 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95caa68 created string #26 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:19 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x95c9448 string destroyed (count==25) [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9448 created string #26 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:145] AccType(): ip=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:184] AccType(): who=192.168.1.200, trust=a [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:204] AccType(): addr=192.168.1.200 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:184] AccType(): who=127.0.0.1, trust=a [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:204] AccType(): addr=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [group.c:868] CheckPass(): shadow password check [Sat Mar 31 09:08:57 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [group.c:898] CheckPass(): password check failed ($6$0vrAtmfI$7dz8ja0vkFaVAEbiBrU/R601PWYRmi/jNFN9GmEd7YCWM/SMUpx1BfcItgXEQT7agnWHAQMXkS6hTYeaah8uG.) [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [group.c:868] CheckPass(): shadow password check [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x95c9448 string destroyed (count==25) [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:355] AllocString(): 0x95c9448 created string #26 [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:145] AccType(): ip=127.0.1.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:184] AccType(): who=192.168.1.200, trust=a [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:204] AccType(): addr=192.168.1.200 [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:184] AccType(): who=127.0.0.1, trust=a [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [access.c:204] AccType(): addr=127.0.0.1 [Sat Mar 31 09:09:01 2012] conserver (4522): DEBUG: [cutil.c:329] DestroyString(): 0x95c9448 string destroyed (count==25) After I try to enter my root password. Here is all of my conserver.cf file: console switch1 { master crunchbang; rw *; type device; device ttyUSB0; baud 9600; parity none; # See the conserver.cf man page for details... options autoreinit cstopb hupcl; } I'm pretty new to linux and especially crunchbang (after a flirt with Ubuntu) and I know that by default crunchbang does not have a root account. But I think somewhere along the way I created it or enable it by typing "sudo root passwd" and giving it a password. I'm not sure if conserver is asking for my root password or a password from the conserver passwd file (I left off switches for this option and when I mad a temp conserver.passwd file, it didn't seem to ask me for that user name when I ran the password switch with conserver. If it does use my root password, is there another linux command that I can invoke that will ask me for my root password beside conserver so I can type it and make sure I have the right password? It's jsut very confusing with the "su" "sudo" "root" and my "chris" account with a lot of unknowns with what conserver is asking for. Anyway, any help on this is greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading and helping, Chris