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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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