From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 05:44:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FD316A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:44:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A94243D2D for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:44:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A116756433; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:44:52 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:44:52 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Roger Merritt Message-ID: <20041222054452.GB3156@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20041222121229.00a25a00@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20041222121229.00a25a00@127.0.0.1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Transferring directories over a network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:44:54 -0000 On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:24:59PM +0700, Roger Merritt wrote: > I hope this isn't too common a question. I couldn't devise a good set of > keywords to use Google. > > I just received a new machine to replace my ancient server/gateway. I > decided the best way to go was to install FreeBSD 5.3, and transfer user > directories and config files using ssh over the intranet. Of course, I > overlooked the fact that you can't login to root. Here's a thought: if it's only going to be in your internal network, why not enable PermitRootLogin under sshd until you get the files across. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive." - Ferris Bueller