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On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 14:37 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > Bill Bogstad wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Kent Borg <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> David Kramer wrote: > >>> and you can't log in as root, you use sudo instead (by default). > >> I frequently do "sudo bash" and go from there. The only time I miss a > >> root login is when I want to scp something as root. > > > > It's trivially easy to turn root login back on. Just give root a > > password (and enable root login in your sshd config file) and > > you should be golden. I generally use sudo if I'm already on the > > machine in question, but if I'm accessing a *buntu machine remotely > > I tend to ssh directly to root. > > > > Bill Bogstad > > Just wondering something about disabling root login, btw: > > I often drop down to single-user mode when I'm performing things like > kernel upgrades. Entering single-mode prompts me for the root password, > and presumably logs me in as root. > > All of which begs the question: is it possible to enter single-user > mode when you've got a locked root account?
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