On Tue, March 23, 2010 09:27, Ali Corbin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Scott Howard <[email protected]> wrote: >> In using Open SSH to a linux box, I get the user directory. I can move >> up to the root but cannot transfer files or work. How do I become the >> root user. >> > > Have you tried ssh r...@thehostname? > _______________________________________________ >
You may not be able to log in as root directly from ssh. Many sysadmins prevent root from logging in as a security measure. Just copy the files to your directory and then use "su -" or "sudo su -" to become the root user and copy them or unzip them to whereever. Oh, and the option is: PermitRootLogin (yes|no) in /etc/ssh/sshd_config Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
