[Grml] Starting ssh server

[John G. Heim]

Wow! So the reason I am working so hard on this is that I am writing 
something up for https://www.linuxaccess.org. It sounds like GRML is 
even easier for blind sys admins than I realized.

Well, you have made at least one more day of work for me but thanks!



On 4/23/25 12:29 AM, Michael Prokop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> glad you managed to get it working.
>
> There are multiple ways to get an ISO with custom boot options, to
> make this easier for you. What should be the easiest option to
> enable SSH by default, is using grml2iso from grml2usb like that:
>
>    grml2iso -b ssh=password -o grml_john.iso grml-small-2024.12-amd64.iso
>
> The resulting grml_john.iso then automatically uses the
> "ssh=password" boot option.
>
> regards
> -mika-
>
> * John G. Heim [Tue Apr 22, 2025 at 10:29:49PM -0500]:
>> I got it to work. I used my iphone with an app called SeeingAI to read the
>> screen to me. So then I knew when the boot menu came up. After only a couple
>> of attempts, i found that if I hit the tab key, then typed 'ssh=password',
>> it worked.
>>
>> I think the problem I was having was probably not starting to type at the
>> right time -- either too early or too late. I wasn't really sure if i had to
>> press tab and then type or just type. So not knowing exactly when to type
>> and not knowing exactly what to type, I couldn't get it to work. But once I
>> figured it out, it works fine.
>>
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