Re: [cobalt-users] Raq3 admin & root passwords

["Michael Zimmermann" <zim@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

you uttered:

> I just rented my first Raq3 hosted by an ISP.
> I have an admin password that works fine, but when I telnet, I do not have
> permission on root and some other directories.
>
> Is the root password different than the admin password?

Sure.

And - by the way - you cannot telnet in as root. You have to
enter as admin and then do an 'su -'.

> Shouldn't I be the only one controlling these passwords?

Depends on your contract. Perhaps they didn't want to give
you root access, because that way you could spoil their warranty?

Michael