From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 08:13:58 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 7AB5A16A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:13:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from stjohn.ac.th (ns.stjohn.ac.th [202.21.144.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C2F43D3F for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:13:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th) Received: from tulip.stjohn.ac.th [203.151.134.104] by stjohn.ac.th with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.14) id ACC12C70030; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:13:53 +0700 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20041222151229.00a208a0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: stjohn.stjohn.ac.th:mcrogerm@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:13:51 +0700 To: Jonathan Chen From: Roger Merritt In-Reply-To: <20041222054452.GB3156@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20041222121229.00a25a00@127.0.0.1> <5.2.0.9.0.20041222121229.00a25a00@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-68B81540 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [SPAM] 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 08:13:58 -0000 At 12:44 PM 12/22/04, you wrote: >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. Aha! That's it. I'd better learn more about configuring sshd while I'm at it. Thank you! -- Roger -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.3 - Release Date: 12/21/04