Re: Debian on Qnap TS-109
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 01:57:57PM -0400, [ftp83plus] wrote:
> I am a bit new to Debian, and when I laid my hands on an older Qnap TS-109, I decided to install it to overcome Qnap's firmware limitations. I followed the guide put up by Martin Michlmayr, but currently face three issues:
> I can't log in through SSH using root user. It denies me access even when I use the password set during setup. I can log in using the standard user, and perform "su" to get to root. How come root can't log in directly?
> More annoyingly, it beeps every two minutes for unknown reasons.
> The "status" LED is flashing red. LAN LED is off, although the NAS does receive a valid IP address on the LAN.
> I shut down the NAS, disconnected network cable, then turned it back on using the button, and connected the network cable.
There is a setting by default in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
That means root user can only login with a key, not with a password.
Other users can login either way.
If you want the old behaviour that used to be the default, you would
have to change the setting to yes.
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Len Sorensen
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