Re: sftp as root

2009-08-17 Thread Warren Michelsen
At 3:56 PM +1000 8/17/09, Charlie Garrison sent email regarding Re: sftp as root: >Good afternoon, > >On 16/08/09 at 9:24 AM -0700, Warren Michelsen > wrote: > >>Charlie, are you saying you were able to sftp as root with no > >password and it worked? >... >I

Re: sftp as root

2009-08-16 Thread Charlie Garrison
Good afternoon, On 16/08/09 at 9:24 AM -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: >Charlie, are you saying you were able to sftp as root with no >password and it worked? > >I can do it as other than root, but not as root. Did you do it as root? I can connect via sftp using BBEdit with the

Re: sftp as root

2009-08-16 Thread Warren Michelsen
At 6:00 PM +1000 7/16/09, Charlie Garrison sent email regarding Re: sftp as root: >Good afternoon, > >On 16/07/09 at 12:49 AM -0700, Warren Michelsen > wrote: > >>How do I get BBEdit to use sftp as the root user with no password? > >Enter 'root' for userna

Re: sftp as root

2009-08-11 Thread Patrick Woolsey
Steve Nelson sez: [re ssh connection problems with 'root' account] > >I'm having the same issue as well with 9.2.1. Any progress on an >answer? We haven't yet been able to reproduce this issue or isolate a cause. As a general reminder :-), we ask & recommend that anyone who encounters a prob

Re: sftp as root

2009-08-11 Thread Steve Nelson
I'm having the same issue as well with 9.2.1. Any progress on an answer? Thanks, Steve On Jul 20, 7:33 am, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > you wrote: > > [...] > > >>What app version are you running? > > >version 9.2.1 (2532) of Fri, 19 Jun 2009 > > OK, thanks. > > >I do not have this problem with a n

Re: sftp as root

2009-07-20 Thread Patrick Woolsey
you wrote: [...] >>What app version are you running? > >version 9.2.1 (2532) of Fri, 19 Jun 2009 > OK, thanks. >I do not have this problem with a non-root account that also uses >public key authentication. root seems to behave differently or be a >special case. > >Yes, I can ssh as root to the

Re: sftp as root

2009-07-19 Thread Warren Michelsen
At 5:17 PM -0400 7/16/09, Patrick Woolsey sent email regarding Re: sftp as root: >you wrote: >[...] >>After I click the connect button, BBEdit says: Opening sftp >>connection and puts up an additional password dialog. Entering the >>password does not log me in. >&g

Re: sftp as root

2009-07-16 Thread Warren Michelsen
At 5:17 PM -0400 7/16/09, Patrick Woolsey sent email regarding Re: sftp as root: >you wrote: >[...] >>After I click the connect button, BBEdit says: Opening sftp >>connection and puts up an additional password dialog. Entering the >>password does not log me in. >&g

Re: sftp as root

2009-07-16 Thread Patrick Woolsey
you wrote: [...] >After I click the connect button, BBEdit says: Opening sftp >connection and puts up an additional password dialog. Entering the >password does not log me in. > What app version are you running? (In particular, if you have BBEdit 9 prior to 9.2.1, please update. :-) Regards,

Re: sftp as root

2009-07-16 Thread Warren Michelsen
At 6:00 PM +1000 7/16/09, Charlie Garrison sent email regarding Re: sftp as root: >Good afternoon, > >On 16/07/09 at 12:49 AM -0700, Warren Michelsen > >>So I've set the server to allow passwordless log-in by root using a key. > >Have you tested that from comma

Re: sftp as root

2009-07-16 Thread Charlie Garrison
Good afternoon, On 16/07/09 at 12:49 AM -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: >Is sftp done in a ssl tunnel? sftp uses ssh, not ssl. >So I've set the server to allow passwordless log-in by root using a key. Have you tested that from command line? If it works there it should work from BBEdit. >Ho

sftp as root

2009-07-16 Thread Warren Michelsen
I'm trying to log into my server from my workstation over the Internet using BBEdit's sftp. Is sftp done in a ssl tunnel? What are the requirements on the remote server to enable me to log in, encrypted, as root to manage configuration files and such? I normally ssh to the server in Terminal (