Re: scp non root

2013-04-12 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 11.04.2013 um 14:04 schrieb Bonno Bloksma: Our Linux servers have no users configured except for the default first use besides root. These servers provide a service and do not require users to log on to the machine. Of course root cannot login via ssh and that is no problem. A simple s

Re: scp non root

2013-04-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Of course root cannot login via ssh and that is no problem. A simple > su - is enough to make myself root after that and perform the > necessary tasks. But... I often see people advise to disable root ssh login access. But I disagree that it is beneficial. In fact it can m

Re: scp non root

2013-04-11 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:04:38PM +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > I sometimes need to copy some files from the server to my machine and want to > use scp but… as my default user I do not have access to the files that I just > have been able to access as root. So I need to: > > - cp the file

Re: scp non root

2013-04-11 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:04:38PM +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: >Hi, > >  > >Our Linux servers have no users configured except for the default first >use besides root. These servers provide a service and do not require users >to log on to the machine. > >Of course root can

scp non root

2013-04-11 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, Our Linux servers have no users configured except for the default first use besides root. These servers provide a service and do not require users to log on to the machine. Of course root cannot login via ssh and that is no problem. A simple su - is enough to make myself root after that and