On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 05:08:23PM +0200, Matija Grabnar wrote: > I logged in, then tried to open an xterm with ssh to root on localhost. > To make a long story short, root would not accept my password. > Fortunately, I had sudo enabled for my account, so I was able to do > sudo bash; passwd root
I believe new potato installs have root logins disabled by default in ssh via the settings in /etc/ssh/sshd_config . -- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
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