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Hosting General: Re: Root user

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Pedro Mendes <pedrosimsim@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm unable to install any software on my Ubuntu 7.10 image, because
the
root user is not working, despite the fact that it is activated. I
can't
login as root either... any suggestion?
Try to "su -" on your server while being loged as a standard user. It
should work with the password you supplied at server's creation.

Login with ssh as root is disabled by default for security reasons.
\o/ Romuald "Sushi" Brunet
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