On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Tim Bruce - PLUG wrote:
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
Alternatively, there's the forced-commands-only option:
PermitRootLogin forced-commands-only
In /root/.ssh/authorized_keys, you'd limit the command (and,
optionally, the client host) that can be run with that key, e.g.,
from="trusted.yourdom.com",command="/bin/ls" ssh-rsa AAAA....
The trick is that doing scp that way is hard. rsync is easier to
configure as a forced command:
http://troy.jdmz.net/rsync/index.html
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Paul Heinlein <> [email protected] <> http://www.madboa.com/
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