Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:52:13 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: questions FreeBSD <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Diskless question Message-ID: <5177B95D.3060001@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <20130424111255.eebe46907bba48917042007e@sohara.org> References: <51779573.20207@bananmonarki.se> <20130424111255.eebe46907bba48917042007e@sohara.org>
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2013-04-24 12:12, Steve O'Hara-Smith skrev: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:18:59 +0200 > Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> wrote: > >> Hello list! >> >> I have set up a diskless machine with 8.3-stable and i as a user can log >> in, but when I try to log in as root it won't work. How to resolv that >> issue. I have tried with and without password but the computer said no. > > Are you logging in on the console or by ssh ? By default ssh does > not allow root login, it can be enabled but you should read up on the > security implications carefully before enabling it. I would expect console > login to work fine. I'm trying to login as root on the diskless machine. Console. > As a general rule it is better to use sudo or su rather than > logging in as root, although for a single user system this doesn't really > make much difference. > su does not "work" it sayes sorry.
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