From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 12:49:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A73916A402 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gberz3@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3689013C49D for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gberz3@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so2354317pye for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:49:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=sXEcyEfoy7PYb/evBUuxDjg3RcXR8g13H7wVpdnnyyZdpPVKn0lw5wjU1rLycBkvyUUv58NDg87ROBGe3faaH9QyZKDhD+hKgLLr46Dp5hkKkZXpkdfywqnHkqU49sf6aDtVdWpA3ztJn1Yf+8W4X/i3qxdVZG7GKlginfLbAnk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=k1JHXKuONsTLYo6GGcOWx4pMnpFwx8KzvdEoCAkJRdQK8deWMDFXQH1FLCgsr7a2jTL0X/bHF0dtjq6EGh445kdc0UqtRh3/LOmwS2UoMtWx+aYpZll4efkWJi5GcwgwT6DfuziLuXmQ3gv8cvZe9I3rc0DxCb1pW89foAoVexo= Received: by 10.65.219.1 with SMTP id w1mr6696108qbq.1184590197884; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:49:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.115? ( [74.140.142.75]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 22sm12319657nzn.2007.07.16.05.49.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:49:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <33091425.4771184570229755.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> References: <33091425.4771184570229755.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9C1BC8FF-E72B-48EE-A6DA-F6CC3FFBD580@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael Williams Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:49:55 -0400 To: Tom Samplonius X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: koitsu@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Norberto Meijome Subject: Re: HOW TO: Enabling root on a new server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:49:59 -0000 Tom, Again, Plesk just came with the server config we asked for. We didn't ask for Plesk, we *asked* for the specific hardware. Plesk was "free". *rolls eyes* Regards, Michael On Jul 16, 2007, at 3:17 AM, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > ----- "Michael Williams" wrote: >> No, I don't necessarily need Plesk; although we will be selling >> hosting. It simply came with the default configuration for the >> server. My plan is to manage most everything from the Unix shell. I >> >> just figured I might find a morsel inside Plesk somewhere for >> enabling root access. FYI, logging in as admin didn't work. Any >> other suggestions? > > You are probably better off just asking the hosting company for > the password. You need the root password, and you need to have an > account that is a member of the wheel group (use "groups" when you > ssh to see if your account is ok). > > They might have flagged you as a newbie, and think you are better > off inside the padded confines of Plesk. I work at a hosting > company, and a whole bunch of our dedicated server customers are in > over their heads with their servers as it is. Given that you asked > for Plesk, and are now asking for root, they are probably has made > them worried that the next call from you will be that you deleted / > etc, and your server won't boot anymore. > > If you are planning to do any admin via ssh with root, you will > not want Plesk. Plesk manages all of your software installs. > Plesk includes Plesk specific versions of Apache, PHP, and MySQL. > All patches and updates can only come from SWSoft, or the Plesk > universe will crash. And Plesk ties you to a specific FreeBSD > version too. Plesk versions lag big time for FreeBSD. But on the > other hand, it is big GUI thing, and people like it. > > > Tom