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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:13:51 +0700
From:      Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [SPAM]  Re: Transferring directories over a network
Message-ID:  <5.2.0.9.0.20041222151229.00a208a0@127.0.0.1>
In-Reply-To: <20041222054452.GB3156@osiris.chen.org.nz>
References:  <5.2.0.9.0.20041222121229.00a25a00@127.0.0.1> <5.2.0.9.0.20041222121229.00a25a00@127.0.0.1>

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At 12:44 PM 12/22/04, you wrote:

>On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:24:59PM +0700, Roger Merritt wrote:
> > I hope this isn't too common a question. I couldn't devise a good set of
> > keywords to use Google.
> >
> > I just received a new machine to replace my ancient server/gateway. I
> > decided the best way to go was to install FreeBSD 5.3, and transfer user
> > directories and config files using ssh over the intranet. Of course, I
> > overlooked the fact that you can't login to root.
>
>Here's a thought: if it's only going to be in your internal network,
>why not enable PermitRootLogin under sshd until you get the files
>across.

Aha! That's it. I'd better learn more about configuring sshd while I'm at 
it. Thank you!

-- 
Roger


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