The SSH Daemon needs to be running on the box to support SSh Otherwise good thinking. Enable telnet is in yast under system administration -> Security Settings And what you may even get away with is the HTTP based Config tool whose name I forget (Redhat has Linuxconf and I noticed that Suse has something similar - Once again all of these things need to have been pre configured. What are you trying to do to the box that you need root access Kind Regards Andre Venter Business Solutions Consultant UUNET SA Tel: +27 11 235 6500 Fax: +27 11 235 6501 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq