Thanks all, For embedded Labview, the installation as to be done through their software, and they need to create a chroot for it, and thus need root user. Their install app only includes a user name and pass, not the ability to sudo su. Thanks for all the help.
-Kurt > On Mar 2, 2017, at 9:22 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com > <mailto:robertcnel...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Kurt Talke <kta...@eng.ucsd.edu> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I’m wondering why logging in over ssh as root is not longer possible on the >>> latest BBB image. For installing embedded lab view, I need to be able to >>> log in as root. >> >> Huh? Really "I need to be able to log in as root." no you don't. >> >> Login as "debian" first over ssh then use sudo to switch to root user: >> >> aka: >> >> ssh debian@address.local >> >> then "sudo su" to switch to root... >> >>> >>> I tried changing the root password, which actually shows properly in >>> /etc/shadow, but I’m still unable to ssh in as root even with the new >>> password. Is there any way to alter this? >> >> sudo sed -i -e 's:PermitEmptyPasswords no:PermitEmptyPasswords yes:g' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config >> sudo sed -i -e 's:UsePAM yes:UsePAM no:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config >> sudo sed -i -e 's:PermitRootLogin without-password:PermitRootLogin >> yes:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config > > btw, this is now docuemented here: > > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#i_take_full_responsibility_for_knowing_my_beagle_is_now_insecure > > <http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#i_take_full_responsibility_for_knowing_my_beagle_is_now_insecure> > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ <https://rcn-ee.com/> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1F12EE49-3FCD-4BD7-AF8D-27F64A83B126%40eng.ucsd.edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
