Running Ubuntu box headless

[Robert Parker]

On Tuesday 14 December 2004 16:37, Wander Boessenkool wrote:
> Robert Parker said:
>
> > When I try to log into the Ubuntu box from debian via ssh all I get is
> > permision denied errors, so the first thing I need to learn is how to get
> > past that.
>
> This can be configured in your sshd configuration. Check out the files in
> /etc/ssh, they're larded with comments...

Thanks I'll get into that.
>
> > Secondly I need to add to the Grub menu.lst so it boots into command line
> > mode not Gnome, and I suppose automatically logs in to some user when I
> > start
>
> This shouldn't be done in your menu.lst, but in your /etc/rc2.d look for a
> file called Sxxgdm. This is the startup-script that starts your
> displaymanager. Removing it (it's a symlink), or changing it's name to
> Kxxgdm will do the trick.

Fair enough, but I'd still like the option at boot time of choosing to run 
the box with kb mouse and monitor, just default to headless.

Thanks
Bob