Thank you! On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 9:28:00 PM UTC-5, Jim F wrote: > > It's considered poor form to log in to root directly these days, > particularly over ssh. Instead you log into a user account and either sudo > or su to do what you require. It is wise to change the root password, so > just log in as debian, sudo -s and then set the root password. If you > choose to log in as root thereafter, you can do so, but you should check to > see that root logins are allowed in sshd.conf. > > In direct answer: logging in as debian should be fine, but it's not root. > (Generally that's a good thing) > > Best, > > Jim > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 2:06 AM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am new to using a beagle board and I just updated it to the debian 9 >> images. Before I updated it, I was successfully logging in to root without >> a password through Putty. *I never created a password for root.* After I >> updated and flashed it to the board, i was asked for a password for root >> whenever I logged in and I do not know what password to put in. I have >> tried 'temppwd' and that did not work. I tried logging in to debian and >> that has worked successfully. >> >> *it looked like this in Putty after the update:* >> >> *login: root* >> *[email protected] <javascript:>'s password:* >> *Password denied* >> >> Can I just use debian or am I supposed to login to root every time? I >> have a project involving this beagle board and I was wondering if logging >> in as debian is fine. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/5f9e3324-5440-4b06-a6e6-4bb8bebcb441%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/5f9e3324-5440-4b06-a6e6-4bb8bebcb441%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >
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