Re: [cobalt-developers] SSH

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay Nelson <jay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also, somewhat related, I'm aware that the admin password and the
> root password stay the same.  Root is not allowed to login.  You
> must login as admin and then su to root.  I assume this is because
> you don't want the root password going out as a network session,
> but doesn't it anyway when you su?  And besides, the password
> is the same for admin, so what is the point?  Basically, this is why
> I want to use SSH for all logins.

I change my root password so that is not the same as my admin password.  You can't do
it from the GUI, but you can from the commandline.  After doing "man passwd" give
/usr/bin/passwd a try.  SSH installs on the RaQs with little difficulty.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}