Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:25:28 -0400 From: Michael Williams <gberz3@gmail.com> To: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: koitsu@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Tom Samplonius <tom@samplonius.org>, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Subject: Re: HOW TO: Enabling root on a new server? Message-ID: <BB423734-A845-4625-84FF-C13E0FCCB20A@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <469B88B0.9070806@unsane.co.uk> References: <33091425.4771184570229755.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> <9C1BC8FF-E72B-48EE-A6DA-F6CC3FFBD580@gmail.com> <469B88B0.9070806@unsane.co.uk>
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First, the output of the grep is: root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: daemon:*:1:1:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin . . .that said, the Plesk Module Loader only allows for ".tgz" and ".tbz" files and is anal about them being of a "module" format, whatever structure may be. I've tried what I thought were appropriate modules, and it rejected them saying they were not true modules. I'm going to call one more time today. If I get no better assistance, I will seek out a different company. If you all have any recommendations let me know. Obviously, the best solution would be to have my ISP set me up with a static IP and massive amounts of bandwidth. But, seeing as how that's at least a good 30 years off. . . Regards, Michael On Jul 16, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Vince wrote: > For most versions of plesk i've come across (I look after a load of > linux servers with it installed,) if you have the plesk admin then you > have root. Look for the modules option, then look for the add modules, > this should let you upload a shell script which is then run as root > (horribly insecure but thats plesk, and if you fiddle with their > setting > enough you can change the css of the webapp not to display the > page) If > this is the same on FreeBSD as on linux you can create a new UID 0 > user > if need be using pw in a shell script, or you can put a ssh public key > in to roots authorized_keys file. I'd definitely advise you get plesk > removed if you intend to administrate the box by hand though. > > If thats no help, when you log into the box by ssh, what is the > output of > grep root /etc/passwd > it should be something like > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > if not then they have renamed/removed root so try looking in /etc/ > passwd > for a user with uid of 0 (third field.) > This should at least get you a username to ask their support about. If > they have actually removed the root user your a bit stuffed and > > Hope some of thats some help. > > Vince > > > > Michael Williams wrote: >> 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" <gberz3@gmail.com> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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