scp can be sort of a pain. but I must say--when you get it figured out you'll feel extra geeky and use it far more than you'd think you would! I love ssh/scp/wget! :D
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > Paul Heinlein <> [email protected] <> http://www.madboa.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- aa...@kalosaurusrex:~$ Discere docendo - To learn through teaching. Libera Te Tutemet - You, free yourself. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
