Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:40:22 -0700 From: Chris St Denis <chris@smartt.com> To: Veronica Labarca <vlf@unex.berkeley.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Enabling root login without an administrator account Message-ID: <48769DE6.1040403@smartt.com> In-Reply-To: <0F1CBA0DF6DD4247922CD548E6C6E306@unex.berkeley.edu> References: <87AE793F5A644EF6A68E73E13AFCED64@unex.berkeley.edu> <48767DF2.9020703@smartt.com> <0F1CBA0DF6DD4247922CD548E6C6E306@unex.berkeley.edu>
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Well, my second suggestion about creating an account and SUing to root should still be correct. Assuming of course that you can get in in single user mode. Take a look at /etc/ttys there may be something in there restricting it, thats all I can think of. Veronica Labarca wrote: > Hi Chris, > Thanks for your quick response. No. I mean root login at the console is > dissallowed. Why??? Beats me! I got it that way. > Viqui > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris St Denis [mailto:chris@smartt.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:24 PM > To: Veronica Labarca > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Enabling root login without an administrator account > > Veronica Labarca wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have inherited a FreeBSD server and need to change the apache >> configuration, but cannot log in to the server. I have the root >> password (and know how to change it if needed in any case). The >> problem is that root login is disabled. There are various >> administrative accounts on the server, but I don't have the password >> to any of those. Can someone advise me as to either, how to get the >> root login enabled or how to change the password on a different account? >> Thanks for any help you can provide. >> Viqui >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> >> > I'm assuming you mean root login via SSH is disabled (as is the default). > IIRC, root can always login from the console. > > Login as root from the console (or boot into single user mode) and edit > /etc/ssh/sshd_config > > Uncomment "PermitRootLogin" line and change no to yes. > > An alternate (and better) solution is to create yourself a user account in > the wheel group and use that to login then SU up to root. > > -- Chris St Denis Programmer SmarttNet (www.smartt.com) Ph: 604-473-9700 Ext. 200 ------------------------------------------- "Smart Internet Solutions For Businesses"help
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