/boot/config.txt: open for write: permission denied

edmaul69

@DrFreeman you need to enable root user password and give root user a password. Then log on as root instead of pi.

DrFreeman

great and how can I enable that?

edmaul69

Login, and edit this file: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find this line: PermitRootLogin without-password
Edit: PermitRootLogin yes
Close and save file
reboot or restart sshd service using: /etc/init.d/ssh restart
Set a root password if there isn't one already: sudo passwd root

GeekDad66

I used WinSCP (free download) which is very similar to Filezilla to navigate. Need to use SCP and not SFTP. SSH is disabled by default on the Pi. On the Pi you run (once):

sudo raspi-config

and select 'Interfacing Options' (5?) and then enable SSH.

From the PC side (I assume you're using Windows), run WinSCP and use these defaults (unless you changed):

Hostname: retropie
Port: 22
User name: pi
Password: raspberry

To get the proper permissions you need to click the 'Advanced' button. Select Environment ---> SCP/Shell on the left side. On the right, in the combo box under 'Shell' (and 'Shell' under it) select 'sudo su -'. Click Ok and then click 'Log in'. Should look like Filezilla at this point.

DrFreeman

I could connect with putty

sudo su psswd

And I changed the passwort. But then I tried to connect with WinSCD but it says passwort is wrong for root. I checked it twice

@edmaul69 said in /boot/config.txt: open for write: permission denied:

Login, and edit this file: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

I did this but the file seems blank. There are no entries

DrFreeman

This is the text of my ssh_condig I found with Filezilla

This is the ssh client system-wide configuration file. See

ssh_config(5) for more information. This file provides defaults for

users, and the values can be changed in per-user configuration files

or on the command line.

Configuration data is parsed as follows:

1. command line options

2. user-specific file

3. system-wide file

Any configuration value is only changed the first time it is set.

Thus, host-specific definitions should be at the beginning of the

configuration file, and defaults at the end.

Site-wide defaults for some commonly used options. For a comprehensive

list of available options, their meanings and defaults, please see the

ssh_config(5) man page.

Host *

ForwardAgent no

ForwardX11 no

ForwardX11Trusted yes

RhostsRSAAuthentication no

RSAAuthentication yes

PasswordAuthentication yes

HostbasedAuthentication no

GSSAPIAuthentication no

GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no

GSSAPIKeyExchange no

GSSAPITrustDNS no

BatchMode no

CheckHostIP yes

AddressFamily any

ConnectTimeout 0

StrictHostKeyChecking ask

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa

Port 22

Protocol 2,1

Cipher 3des

Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc

MACs hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160

EscapeChar ~

Tunnel no

TunnelDevice any:any

PermitLocalCommand no

VisualHostKey no

ProxyCommand ssh -q -W %h:%p gateway.example.com

RekeyLimit 1G 1h

SendEnv LANG LC_*
HashKnownHosts yes
GSSAPIAuthentication yes
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no

DrFreeman

Ah I found the mistake - it is not sshd_config - it is ssh_config.

But I can not find that line with
PermitRootLogin without-password

It is strange because with the sudo su psswd I could change the root passwort successfully?!

edmaul69

@DrFreeman you need to do sudopasswd root. But you have to fiollow the guide i posted to enable root password first. Then you need to restart the pi for it to work.

edmaul69

@DrFreeman i just tested it. It is /etc/ssh/sshd_config

edmaul69

@DrFreeman look at the file name at the top. and you see under authentication you see i have:

PermitRootLogin yes

alt text

edmaul69

Also if you cant get it working, the /boot folder is accessible on a windows computer so you could manually change the config.txt. But it would be better if you could get root access.

DrFreeman

@edmaul69 said in /boot/config.txt: open for write: permission denied:

Login, and edit this file: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Thank you very much but when I do that the file is blank - it seems it does not exist. Please could you tell me the steps? Sorry I am a noob with the pi :(

edmaul69

@DrFreeman ssh_config and sshd_config are 2 different files. try adding this to /etc/ssh/sshd_config and then restart your pi. you might need to install some package that is not on your pi.

# Package generated configuration file
# See the sshd_config(5) manpage for details

# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
Port 22
# Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind to
#ListenAddress ::
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
Protocol 2
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
UsePrivilegeSeparation yes

# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
ServerKeyBits 1024

# Logging
SyslogFacility AUTH
LogLevel INFO

# Authentication:
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin yes
StrictModes yes

RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
#AuthorizedKeysFile	%h/.ssh/authorized_keys

# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
IgnoreRhosts yes
# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
# similar for protocol version 2
HostbasedAuthentication no
# Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for RhostsRSAAuthentication
#IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes

# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
PermitEmptyPasswords no

# Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
# some PAM modules and threads)
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
#PasswordAuthentication yes

# Kerberos options
#KerberosAuthentication no
#KerberosGetAFSToken no
#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
#KerberosTicketCleanup yes

# GSSAPI options
#GSSAPIAuthentication no
#GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes

X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
PrintMotd no
PrintLastLog yes
TCPKeepAlive yes
#UseLogin no

#MaxStartups 10:30:60
#Banner /etc/issue.net

# Allow client to pass locale environment variables
AcceptEnv LANG LC_*

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server

# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,
# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will
# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
# PasswordAuthentication.  Depending on your PAM configuration,
# PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass
# the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password".
# If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without
# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication
# and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'.
UsePAM yes

DrFreeman

ok so should I add just a blank file first and just reboot?

edmaul69

@DrFreeman put this in the blank file, save then reboot.

DrFreeman

Man, thank you very much and for your patience!!! Really - you made my day :D