HOW TO: Enabling root on a new server?

[Michael Williams]

No,  I don't necessarily need Plesk; although we will be selling  
hosting.  It simply came with the default configuration for the  
server.  My plan is to manage most everything from the Unix shell.  I  
just figured I might find a morsel inside Plesk somewhere for  
enabling root access.  FYI, logging in as admin didn't work.  Any  
other suggestions?

Regards,
Michael

On Jul 16, 2007, at 2:04 AM, Norberto Meijome wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:35:52 -0400
> Michael Williams <gberz3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> .  Anyway, if
>> you can think of *any* solution to this issue, it'd be much
>> appreciated.  For the record, the following are my Plesk Control
>> Panel offerings for SSH login:
>
> Hi Michael,
> you hadn't mentioned you are using Plesk :)
>
>>
>> /bin/sh
>> /bin/csh
>> /bin/tcsh
>> /bin/sh(chrooted)
>> /usr/local/bin/bash
>
> Make sure you choose /bin/sh (NOT CHROOTED).
>
> also, if  you are SSHing to your server via an account created with  
> Plesk, which can creates chroots environments for those accounts.
>
> Try ssh as admin with your plesk password straight into the box.
>
> If I may ask, do you need Plesk? For some users and situations, it  
> may be a good tool ( shared webhosting with many accounts ), and  
> even in those cases I've found it to be more problem that is worth  
> it, as it adds so many layers of scripts and software that you are  
> mostly stuck with whatever is compatible with Plesk, or hacks  
> around that (either way, not ideal). YMMV, of course.
>
> B
>
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