From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 06:19:55 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 9FFBE16A405 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:19:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gberz3@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B85D13C4AC for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:19:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gberz3@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so2199803pye for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:19:54 -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=T4LAY7DILMCMqAJoatKKMriiilJSnNmbeUEveA9DzVP0h5sjItcXXPtQlLfj1mf37v0upfI2xAxYp5sUtl1zyuf7+pABZ3ri8OAqDqepwom6Veaggac2z+9JqhXBopuRB48cFpFKZPlxKhxOb0o49IB7mTjQeGrtLgOYaSotGvo= 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=md8h2ZgMkmfuTSdS+XVMU6yCEZrS61YUDVIFaxDw/mla+uE2W4Rwi5CRCtCF7aS+fsaWKWPD5brr8HiY5UawPCKoM5yq/RRVdhKhC2ViXLh3b+PGrE5TXK4cwWwNFLtlGLFpxjVIdNm/6irCArltcP/usj0zFaXsQVpgS1XoqI8= Received: by 10.35.45.14 with SMTP id x14mr6961126pyj.1184566794675; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:19:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.115? ( [74.140.142.75]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 36sm12558228nza.2007.07.15.23.19.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:19:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070716160452.7e060ff1@localhost> References: <20070713120030.BB8C116A4AC@hub.freebsd.org> <3FBE461C-84CD-459A-A081-3D956FC1AD7E@gmail.com> <20070716160452.7e060ff1@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael Williams Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:19:48 -0400 To: Norberto Meijome X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: koitsu@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 06:19:55 -0000 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? Regards, Michael On Jul 16, 2007, at 2:04 AM, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:35:52 -0400 > Michael Williams wrote: > >> . Anyway, if >> you can think of *any* solution to this issue, it'd be much >> appreciated. For the record, the following are my Plesk Control >> Panel offerings for SSH login: > > Hi Michael, > you hadn't mentioned you are using Plesk :) > >> >> /bin/sh >> /bin/csh >> /bin/tcsh >> /bin/sh(chrooted) >> /usr/local/bin/bash > > Make sure you choose /bin/sh (NOT CHROOTED). > > also, if you are SSHing to your server via an account created with > Plesk, which can creates chroots environments for those accounts. > > Try ssh as admin with your plesk password straight into the box. > > If I may ask, do you need Plesk? For some users and situations, it > may be a good tool ( shared webhosting with many accounts ), and > even in those cases I've found it to be more problem that is worth > it, as it adds so many layers of scripts and software that you are > mostly stuck with whatever is compatible with Plesk, or hacks > around that (either way, not ideal). YMMV, of course. > > B > > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity." > Frank Leahy > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery > when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is > worse. You have been Warned.