lol . . . So I'm left wondering how many people were watching last nights
conversation between the three of us, and waiting to pounce . . .lol

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Kurt Talke <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I’m wondering why logging in over ssh as root is not longer possible on
> the latest BBB image.  For installing embedded lab view, I need to be able
> to log in as root.
>
> Huh? Really "I need to be able to log in as root." no you don't.
>
> Login as "debian" first over ssh then use sudo to switch to root user:
>
> aka:
>
> ssh [email protected]
>
> then "sudo su" to switch to root...
>
> >
> > I tried changing the root password, which actually shows properly in
> /etc/shadow, but I’m still unable to ssh in as root even with the new
> password.  Is there any way to alter this?
>
> sudo sed -i -e 's:PermitEmptyPasswords no:PermitEmptyPasswords yes:g'
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> sudo sed -i -e 's:UsePAM yes:UsePAM no:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> sudo sed -i -e 's:PermitRootLogin without-password:PermitRootLogin
> yes:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>
> Regards,
>
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