<div dir="ltr">If a keyboard isn't an option to hook up to it. If you enabled VNC on the box during the install you can always use a VNC client to remote into the desktop.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Stephen Villano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen.p.villano@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephen.p.villano@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">With Ubuntu, you'd have to give root a password, then you could SSH<br>
in. That's a security feature, as it's impossible to login as root<br>
with no password set.<br>
The proper practice was outlined by Thomas. SSH in as the user you<br>
created, then sudo your commands as needed.<br>
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On 9/2/15, Thomas Mashos <<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com">thomas@mashos.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM Bert Haskins <<a href="mailto:bhaskins@chartermi.net">bhaskins@chartermi.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 9/2/2015 5:23 PM, Nick Rout wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Or the frontend log.<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> You may have the wrong password in there. Check the backend log (ssh<br>
>>> should be working).<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Bert Haskins < <<a href="mailto:bhaskins@chartermi.net">bhaskins@chartermi.net</a>><br>
>>> <a href="mailto:bhaskins@chartermi.net">bhaskins@chartermi.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> New install of mythbuntu and it's been years since I have done this.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The box powers up and right after the password goes into frontend<br>
>>>> setup.<br>
>>>> It then just loops around through 1/1 and 1/2 and nothing seems to make<br>
>>>> it happy.<br>
>>>> The only way that I can escape from this is by power down.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Earlier I was able to scan and play many channels using Hdhomerun<br>
>>>> config<br>
>>>> and I can show<br>
>>>> the Mythtv page in a browser.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Can someone tell me how to fix this?<br>
>>>> At this point I've lost the entire system.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thanks,<br>
>>>> Bert<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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>> SSH won't accept the root password??<br>
>> Strange... I logged in at least a dozen times with that password.<br>
>> I guess it's reinstall time so all of that setup time goes blub, blub.<br>
>> blub.<br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> Well, Ubuntu doesn't have a root password thus you cannot SSH into a box as<br>
> root.<br>
><br>
> However, you can SSH in as the user you created during installation.<br>
><br>
> Or you can hook up a keyboard and hit Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal over<br>
> the frontend.<br>
><br>
> Or you can verify your backend password and input that into the frontend.<br>
><br>
><br>
> There are many ways you can access your box. Please don't default to<br>
> "Reinstall", whenever something goes a way you don't expect.<br>
> --<br>
> Thomas Mashos<br>
><br>
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