> > # cat /etc/passwd | grep sh > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > git:x:998:998:git daemon user:/:/bin/bash > Nope. No normal user. It's silly to have root login disabled via SSH by default on an image designed for a cheap development board that's almost 100% of the time never exposed to the Internet, especially on first login. No one's going to try to try and brute force the root account. On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote= : > Solarwind, it is a security feature. SSH is not for replacing the console= , > it is for getting remote access to your box, and to avoid brute forcing t= he > root password it is off by default on all modern linux distribution. You > can enable that, it is your call, but I would just create a normal user > instead (what does not sounds right is that as you are saying there is no > normal user on that image by default -- basically that's what you should > do, to create a user and put that to the sudoers, when modifying the > image). > > Tamas > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .