Connect via SSH as root?

[riahc3]

I need to connect to pfSense thru SSH as root. How can I do this?

[kiokoman]

System / Advanced / Admin Access

after this you can connect via ssh using root / password of webgui

[riahc3]

Thats not the question.

The user root does NOT exist in the webgui. If you connect via SSH, change to root, and do a whoami, you can see that the user is root.

So the question is how do you connect to SSH as root, you know:

ssh root@FQDN.OF.PFSENSE.BOX

[kiokoman]

the user root does not exist on the webgui but exist on ssh so activating that let you connect via ssh as root@FQDN AND as admin@FQDN with the same password

[JKnott]

@riahc3 said in Connect via SSH as root?:

So the question is how do you connect to SSH as root, you know:

I frequently use ssh as root. When I connect from my Linux system, I enter the command ssh root@<host name>. That's all it takes.

[stephenw10]

Yes, there should be no problem doing that. Somethings require you connect as root, scp for example.

Steve

[jimp]

In the OS, the root and admin accounts are setup using the same credentials. So you just connect with root@hostname using the password for the admin account.