HOW TO: Enabling root on a new server?

[Michael Williams]

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 at 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