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root is the default administrative account for Unix-based systems. It is comparable to the Administrator account of a Windows system.

root is the default administrative account for Unix-based systems. It is comparable to the Administrator account of a Windows system.

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Root SSH/SFTP Always 777

I have an Ubuntu serve that I'm connecting to via SFTP (and also an SSHFS mount locally). When I move a file to the server via the mount I need it to have permissions set to 777. I've added umask 000 to the .bashrc file at the advice of a friend and…
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Only Readable by Root

I'm installing SSL certificate on a VPS server. I need to make it only readable by the root. How can I do this?
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Logging in as root

Possible Duplicate: What's wrong with always being root? I have a server running in a datacenter with strong firewall & VPN protection. I have a few java apps which I have written myself running as these boxes. Currently I only have root user and…
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Linux /home privacy

Warrning: this is probably against Unix philosophy and desgin, but I will ask it anyway. Is there a way to achive privacy for three seperate /home/user folders? Problem which is rasing that question is that me and to other two guys have a VPS and…
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mysql --innodb_file_per_table

I have a simple question regarding access to mysql via command. When I tried to access it as a root it bounce back a message: mysql: unknown option '--innodb_file_per_table' How would it get it back to work? Thanks Rick. I have managed gain access…
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Resetting lost root-pwd on CentOS 8 just don't work

i just don't know. I have reset lost root-pwds on Linux boxes maybe 5 times a year in the 30 years experience as IT-Admin, but this time i#m just confused. I just don't manage to login on my CentOS box. I followed the common known path like…
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Why I am not able to ssh as root?

I am two servers A and B under the same firewall. I can login from server A to B using root account but I cannot login from B to A. My ssh keys are properly configured but I am not able to figure our what is wrong. This is the verbose of when I try…
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Which directories in Linux must be part of the root filesystem?

I'm building a few virtual machines under KVM where the base system will be an image (haven't decided specifically which format yet), and all of the remaining system files will be other partitions mounted from a distributed file system. For…
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Mysql on ubuntu root password dissapeared somehow? Password no more required for mysql root?

Possible Duplicate: Mysql loses its root password I am sure i have mysql server installed on localhost with ubuntu with root user and required password. I have continued my daily developing job and suddenly password for root is no more required?…
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logged in as root, make all files in /home/user chown to user when git pull

I like to stay logged into my (Ubuntu) VPS as root. Now I am running into issues when I git pull into my wordpress directory at /home/user . All new files will have user and group assigned as "root", but it will not work in wordpress unless they are…
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as root user why i am unable to delete file whose owner is root?

I am login as a root user but why I am not able to delete bellow file? #ONT/system/shell> ls -lt -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4824 Jan 1 1970 flash_lock #ONT/system/shell>rm flash_lock rm: remove 'flash_lock'? y rm: cannot remove…
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Cannot SSH in as root using Key

I have searched through serverFault and cannot rectify my problem. An explanation: Ubuntu 14.04 - I am able to SSH into the server using user amenczykowski with a key. I am unable to SSH into the server as root. I have checked that /root/.ssh/ has…
Adam Menczykowski
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CentOS root+nologin

Can I somehow get access to root account after changing /etc/passwd file? Similar problems: Lost root access possibility /sbin/nologin How do I regain access to root after accidental chsh command that went bad? But... without physical access to…
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Modifiying a server securely

I wanted to purchase a dedicated server to host my site. I am a newcomer to this and wanted to know if I hired someone to secure the server and SSH for me, will that put me at risk? Or is there an account I can give them with permissions to do those…
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SSH with user root from 2 different stations both running passwd

A few days ago, we were connected to a xenserver through ssh (user root) from 2 different stations. And we tried passwd, and we changed the root password to 2 different passwords simultanously. And we were a little confused why it didn't ask the…
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