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[Dr. Mikeal Hughes]

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Mikeal R. Hughes, D.Min., Th.D., Ph.D.
Minister - Springhill church of Christ
www.mikealrhughes.com	
macmikeal at me.com <mailto:macmikeal at me.com>
815-546-1867





> On Jan 26, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:08:07 -0600
> "Dr. Mikeal Hughes" <macmikeal at me.com <mailto:macmikeal at me.com>> wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to find out some specific configuration for OpenSSH. I
>> recently had my Ubuntu Server crash. Turns out my backup the boot
>> sector was the wrong type UEFI instead of BIOS so I couldn't restore
>> and get it to work. So I had to reinstall the Server plus decided to
>> upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04. 
> 
> did you do a clean install of some version? wipe the drive and
> repartition and reinstall? did you install 14.04 then upgrade? have you
> done all pending updates?

No I installed 16.04 LTS. I did do all updates. The only thing I brought over was the /var/www and below files. Did that by using a live CD disk and using nautilus.

> 
> 
> Anyway I have 4 issues I need to
>> resolve. 1. When I try to SSH into the server I get unable, to
>> connect with server, please try again later. 
> 
> is sshd running?

I think so but not sure<?>

> 
> 2. For some reason
>> setting at the Server I can only do things if I am the root user.
>> Sudo doesn't work. My account is an administrator. 
> 
> are you using root at the console then? physically present at the
> server?

Yes reboot server put in root as user and then the password.
When I log in as macmike (who I set as administrator) I can sudo. I could until I installed openssh

> 
> 
> 3. Even from root
>> I can't get to the root directory by cd / to be able to edit my
>> php.ini file to increase maximum upload limit for wordpress.  I am
>> thinking I need to run chmod on the root directory and set my
>> permissions to say 755 to get to the php.ini file(?). I am not sure
>> how to put my user macmike in a group where I can use sudo. I thought
>> Ubuntu did that when you set a user up for admin.  Any how if you can
>> give me some ideas appreciate it if you want to do that via my email
>> here it is macmikeal at me.com.
>> 
> 
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