root login problem

[zodehala]

after install freebsd. i can access using admin but can not access using root. i have to put some files in root dir.


i am using putty and privateshell.

 

[mk]

after install freebsd. i can access using admin but can not access using root. i have to put some files in root dir.
i am using putty and privateshell.

by default ssh login as root is disabled. add user in wheel group, allow ssh login to this user and then su/sudo to execute as root.
allowing directly root logins over ssh lead to potential security problems

 

[zodehala]

by default ssh login as root is disabled. add user in wheel group, allow ssh login to this user and then su/sudo to execute as root.
allowing directly root logins over ssh lead to potential security problems

but how can i change some file in root dir

 

[LateNiteTV]

like mk said, add your user to the wheel group and login with your user. then use su or sudo to do what you need to do as root.

 

[SIFE]

first you have to be root user then you can change file you want ,does the box owned by you or you only normal user .

 

[zodehala]

like mk said, add your user to the wheel group and login with your user. then use su or sudo to do what you need to do as root.

how? (i am new to FreeBSD)

 

[MG]

how? (i am new to FreeBSD)

Edit your /etc/group file and change the 'wheel' line from

wheel:*:0:root

to

wheel:*:0:root,user1,user2

Existing users user1 and user2 can 'su' to get root permissions
You need root permissions to do this.

 

[Alt]

Do not edit them manually =)

Do an (sure under root)

pw groupmod wheel -m user1

Where user1 is your username

 

[zodehala]

Do not edit them manually =)

Do an (sure under root)
Where user1 is your username

i did you said

su 
pw groupmod wheel -m admin

but whenever i send file to server as admin (username is admin ) following error

 

[Alt]

Kidding?

 

[MG]

What do /var/log/auth.log and /var/log/messages say?

 

[SirDice]

but whenever i send file to server as admin (username is admin ) following error

You need to make sure your admin user has write permission in that directory. This has nothing to do with root.

 

[zodehala]

You need to make sure your admin user has write permission in that directory. This has nothing to do with root.

how ?

 

[CodeBlock]

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/permissions.html

That should be a good start

 

[zodehala]

 

[SirDice]

Login using ssh, su or sudo to root and change the ownership of /usr/home/ssp to admin.

# chown -R admin:admin /usr/home/ssp

 

[Alt]

You see on screenshot that owner is root, not your user ?
And owner group is equal as yours, so you must set W right to group not only owner

 

[DutchDaemon]

Using SSH, not that GUI, of course ..

 

[zodehala]

localhost# chown -R admin:admin /usr/home/ssp/sippy_web
chown: admin: Invalid argument

 

[SirDice]

localhost# chown -R admin:admin /usr/home/ssp/sippy_web
chown: admin: Invalid argument

What does id -a tell you?

While you're at it, change the hostname in /etc/rc.conf to something other then localhost.