On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 05:00:41PM -0400, asosin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My question is regarding SSH2 and FTP that is built into it. I modified
> the configuration file thus no root account can log into the remote server
> via SSH2. Therefore to log in, one would need to log in as a regular user
> and then use the
> 'su' command to become the root. The problem that I have encountered is
> that once I try to use FTP that is built
> into the SSH2 windows client then the built in FTP client still thinks I'm
> logged in as a regular user.
In sftp (which functions to the user in similarly to FTP), you cannot
change the user. Only when you're running a shell command (ssh) can you
do this.
> Is there a way that I can specify that I'm no longer the client but I'm now
> the root, thus allowing me to view files that have
> root access ?
No, unfortunately, there is not.
-Anne
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