DivideBy0 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 By mistake I setup the root password and now I get promoted to login when access the GUI. Can't find it anywhere in settings? How do I disable that prompt and take me straight into the dashboard? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 So long as you have a password, you will always get asked after a reboot, etc. Remove the password via the users tab (change the password to a "space" on both entries, then remove what you just typed and hit apply) Quote Link to comment
ChatNoir Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Is it not mandatory to have a root password since 6.9.0 ? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 It's never been. But, you won't be able to log in via SSH to the terminal if you don't Quote Link to comment
DivideBy0 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Well great I did that and now I can't login via ssh anymore What a mess. This whole thing is backwards I do have GUI access but no ssh? If I change the root passwd in GUI it should apply to ssh one as well? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 A password is required if you want SSH access. No (easy) way around it. Quote Link to comment
DivideBy0 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Well SNAP. Before I didn't have web gui nor ssh root passwd. After I set it by mistake now I am hosed. There is gotta be a way to get back to what I had? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Huh? You just said you had access to the WebGUI. If you need access to SSH then you have to have a password. This is part of 6.9, and no easy way around it. I don't see how you're "hosed". If you insist on having no password and insist on having SSH access your solution is to go back to 6.8.3 Quote Link to comment
Opawesome Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, johnwhicker said: Well SNAP. Before I didn't have web gui nor ssh root passwd. After I set it by mistake now I am hosed. There is gotta be a way to get back to what I had? May I ask why you want to connect to SSH without password? Because there is always the possibility to login via RSA keys if you don't want to type passwords. Quote Link to comment
DivideBy0 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Squid said: So long as you have a password, you will always get asked after a reboot, etc. Remove the password via the users tab (change the password to a "space" on both entries, then remove what you just typed and hit apply) Man this is absolutely CRAP and still doesn't work. So darn FRUSTRATING. I changed the password as per your instruction with the space and now I can get into the Web GUI without a prompt but the console ssh no longer works. I have to setup a root password again in the GUI and then I can log into ssh but I also get a prompt into the web GUI again. How do I setup the root password for ssh access and no prompt into the web GUI? Can't be that darn hard can it? Edited March 7, 2021 by johnwhicker Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, johnwhicker said: How do I setup the root password for ssh access and no prompt into the web GUI? You can't. 1 hour ago, Opawesome said: ... connect to SSH without password? Because there is always the possibility to login via RSA keys if you don't want to type passwords. Quote Link to comment
DivideBy0 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Squid said: You can't. But I had it working just fine until I setup a root password via the GUI (by mistake). It worked fine even with 6.9 after the upgrade. Something is not adding up here man. It worked fine till today? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 6.9 requires a password to login via SSH. If it worked after the upgrade, then it only worked by accident. But what you want is effectively pointless (No GUI password, but password for SSH) since if you don't set a password for the GUI, you've still got access to the terminal via the icon within the GUI. Why do you need no password on the GUI and a password on SSH? Quote Link to comment
icedragonslair Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Has this ever been resolved, I am still at 6.8+ and will never go to 6.9 unless it does... Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, icedragonslair said: Has this ever been resolved, I am still at 6.8+ and will never go to 6.9 unless it does... Not something to be resolved, as it is by design and most likely will never change. Quote Link to comment
icedragonslair Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I guess i stay at 6.9.0 then Quote Link to comment
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