Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:49:55 -0400 From: Michael Williams <gberz3@gmail.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@samplonius.org> Cc: koitsu@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Subject: Re: HOW TO: Enabling root on a new server? Message-ID: <9C1BC8FF-E72B-48EE-A6DA-F6CC3FFBD580@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <33091425.4771184570229755.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> References: <33091425.4771184570229755.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com>
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Tom, Again, Plesk just came with the server config we asked for. We didn't ask for Plesk, we *asked* for the specific hardware. Plesk was "free". *rolls eyes* Regards, Michael On Jul 16, 2007, at 3:17 AM, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > ----- "Michael Williams" <gberz3@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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? > > You are probably better off just asking the hosting company for > the password. You need the root password, and you need to have an > account that is a member of the wheel group (use "groups" when you > ssh to see if your account is ok). > > They might have flagged you as a newbie, and think you are better > off inside the padded confines of Plesk. I work at a hosting > company, and a whole bunch of our dedicated server customers are in > over their heads with their servers as it is. Given that you asked > for Plesk, and are now asking for root, they are probably has made > them worried that the next call from you will be that you deleted / > etc, and your server won't boot anymore. > > If you are planning to do any admin via ssh with root, you will > not want Plesk. Plesk manages all of your software installs. > Plesk includes Plesk specific versions of Apache, PHP, and MySQL. > All patches and updates can only come from SWSoft, or the Plesk > universe will crash. And Plesk ties you to a specific FreeBSD > version too. Plesk versions lag big time for FreeBSD. But on the > other hand, it is big GUI thing, and people like it. > > > Tom
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