No, it is generally not done that way. Instead, one copies the public key to the XO laptop, and then a password is not necessary, and it can remain unset.
sudo service sshd start sudo chkconfig sshd on Copy the id*.pub file from your system to the laptop, save it in a directory .ssh as file name authorized_keys, then fix the file protection or it won't work. One method of many: mkdir --mode 755 ~/.ssh cd ~/.ssh wget http://server/xo/authorized_keys chmod 0644 authorized_keys Yes, you can set up a different user if you like. As the user 'olpc' has root anyway, a different user will be less privileged. It really depends on what this lesser user is to be entitled to do. On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 05:44:35PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote: > Is it generally OK to change the password of user 'olpc' on an XO laptop, e.g. > to set up remote ssh access to that XO? > > Or is it somehow safer to create or set up a brand new Linux user for this > purpose? > > Thanks if u know! > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ [1]http://unleashkids.org > > References: > > [1] http://unleashkids.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel