I think I killed my pogo plug

[tzonis]

Hi everyone,

I was having issues installing Archlinux onto my pogoplug v2 on one usb external drive (it would hang during mkf2s during step 9 of the install instructions). So I figured I would try a USB flash drive just to see if I could get the install to work. The install ran just fine but after the reboot I can't SSH into the pogo plug. When it reboots it does get an IP address as it shows up in the DHCP table on my router.

Any idea?

I hope I didn't hose my Pogo Plug, but then again it seems like that is what has happened....

Thanks for the help!

-Tz

[WarheadsSE]

If it's in your router, it's not screwed.

[tzonis]

I just don't know what to do next as I can't ssh into it.... Any idea?

Thanks,
Tz

[davygravy]

You say it gets an ip addr.

Try doing a port scan of that ip addr. Which ports are open?

[tzonis]

It shows in my router:
alarm 192.168.1.109

But when I scan the known ports and noting came up.... Not sure what I managed to do here.

thank you very much for all of your insight.

-Tz

[WarheadsSE]

Sounds like time to check the /etc/r.conf DAEMONS=() line.

And you port scanned this new x.109 address, yes?

[WarheadsSE]

Hi WarheadsSE,

Yup I scanned the new x.109 address, even scanned another machine to make sure everything was working properly.

The rc.conf has this line:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
DAEMONS=(set-oxnas-mac !hwclock syslog-ng network netfs crond sshd openntpd)
')
so my thought is that sshd should be starting. Does that make sense?

-Tz

here is the whole rc.conf file:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux ARM
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "", "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
# in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged, using "" makes !hwclock fall back
# to the value in /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# Note: if unset, the value in /etc/localtime is used unchanged
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="America/Chicago"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
# Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
# /etc/modprobe.d:
# blacklist module
# See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
#
MODULES=(gmac )

# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30

# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"

# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="alarm"

# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Wired network setup
# - interface: name of device (required)
# - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
# - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
# - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
# - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
#
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# broadcast=192.168.0.255
# gateway=192.168.0.1
#
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=

interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=

# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
#
DAEMONS=(set-oxnas-mac !hwclock syslog-ng network netfs crond sshd openntpd)
')

[WarheadsSE]

I thought you said this was a V2? Why is set-oxnas-mac here?

[TheWalt]

I might suggest in the router to clear the DHCP lease and force the Pogo to pull one again, just to 100% verify network address. I've had cached information mislead me in the past.

[Philoo]

if the plug got the same mac address then the ssh keys have changed and depending on your ssh client and settings the denial may be silent.
When I was moving back and forth between stock firmware and arch on sata I ended up removing the mac address file from the sata so that the arch would get a different ip address and I would not need to managed the keys manually all the time.

if you are on mac OS or Linux using ssh command line you can check ~/.ssh/known_hosts , make a back up remove the potentially offending line and try again.
If it does not change anything restore your know_hosts file.

there also is an openssl command that does that, you should find it using the search feature of the forum.

you can also:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'nmap -p 22 -A 192.168.0.109')
to check what is going on it will produce something like
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')ORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH <version info>
|_ ssh-hostkey: <size> xx:yy:zz:.....
Service Info: OS: Linux