Root is not enabled in Ubuntu. The use of sudo accomplishes the feats that root would bring: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Rieff <trieff at greencaremankato.com>wrote: > TCLUG, > Working on a new server project. Installed Ubuntu 14.04 Server with > software raid. > Setup went without a hitch and raid seems to work when I disconnect one > drive and then the other...easiest setup so far. > But, when working with root from putty and winscp, I get access denied on > root. Using my username works fine. > I have tried numerous things...and have at times been able to use root > from putty but then at times I get Access Denied again. > Unable to get connected with samba. So trying to figure out if is a samba > issue, a 14.04 issue or a permission issue. > Any thoughts on if they changed something in 14.04??? > Tom > > Thomas Rieff > GreenCare > 1717 3rd Avenue > Mankato, MN 56001 > (507) 344-8314 Office > (507) 344-8316 Fax > (507) 381-0660 Cell > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140520/f49ef7ef/attachment.html>