Re: [suse-security] can`t login as root

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, icepic wrote:

first a happy new year !!

my English is not very good, so i hope that everybody understandt me.

My question:

I want to login as root on my ftp-serive, but i cannot. The login is incorrect. What is to do to solve the problem

If you really really really need to log in as root over ftp (this is VERY, EXTREMELY and TOTALLY NOT smart ;-)) then remove root from /etc/ftpusers. But be aware that you are sending your root password unencrypted over the internet. If you need to transfer files as root you'd be better off using scp or sftp (see man scp). Stefan