On 06/14/2013 04:48 AM, pete M wrote:

Login: root Password: the password you typed during the installation.

There's a hiccup with that... Whatever password you used to log into the portal with (which -can- have special characters), can *not* have any 'special' characters. No, !, @, #, $ etc... once you go to login and register your installation. Having said that, I know you're asking about that log-in specifically, but I thought I'd share my own experience. As far as the ACID installation, when it asks you the first time for a root password, make it something you can remember. Write it down on a sticky not, put it on the side of your monitor, whatever... you'll be needing that password for root access at the log-in prompt. To the general distribution: As far as root access goes, I have a little issue with that... who, in their right mind, would allow root access to the machine, via ssh? From a security standpoint, that's kinda like saying "once you're across the moat, the keys to the castle aren't needed!" My suggestion is, create a user # useradd -m [_username_] then set that user a password # passwd [_username_] and if you want that user (or more, if more users are defined) to have admin access, add them to the /etc/sudoers file. What's the /etc/sudoers file, you ask? ## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as ## the root user, without needing the root password. ## ## Examples are provided at the bottom of the file for collections ## of related commands, which can then be delegated out to particular ## users or groups. ## ## This file must be edited with the 'visudo' command. ## Host Aliases ## Groups of machines. You may prefer to use hostnames (perhap using ## wildcards for entire domains) or IP addresses instead. # Host_Alias FILESERVERS = fs1, fs2 # Host_Alias MAILSERVERS = smtp, smtp2 ## User Aliases ## These aren't often necessary, as you can use regular groups ## (ie, from files, LDAP, NIS, etc) in this file - just use %groupname ## rather than USERALIAS # User_Alias ADMINS = jsmith, mikem etc, etc, etc... Full root access via ssh is a -bad- idea. -Geoff/W5OMR