Root Password prevents SSH and WinSCP

Kvitekvist

So, I just added a root password (as a step to install games through dosbox), and right after, I can no longer connect through SSH or WinSCP. Error message = "Connection Refused".

I followed these steps to the point: The root password is disabled by default (as is the case for Raspbian and many other linux distros).

before setting a root password, the following must be edited
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
look for
PermitRootLogin without-password
change it to
PermitRootLogin yes
then ctrl+x to save,
next set your root password:
sudo passwd root
restart your Pi to register your changes

And now SSH wont work. In putty i do as normal, put in "retropie" or IP, and neither work. I do not make it to the terminal where I can log in as "pi" with password "raspberry".

Can I from inside the Pi, disable the dassword again, or better, is there a way to keep the changes and still access the Pi through SSH?

I am running retropie 4.0.2 with Pi model 2 B.

meleu

@Kvitekvist if you log in as pi you can become root with the following command:

sudo su

I think it's easier than all those configs...

Nightfire

To change the root password:
sudo passwd

To change your user password:
passwd

To change other users password:
sudo passwd USERNAME

Double-check your Pi's IP address if it's on DHCP

You can do like @meleu suggested and just login as the 'pi' user and elevate privileges from there

PokeEngineer

Edited this post out because frankly, it wasn't helpful.

Kvitekvist

@Nightfire I am very new to the Rpi, so please explain how I can access the command line within the Pi, as I cannot access it from SSH?

meleu

@Kvitekvist said in Root Password prevents SSH and WinSCP:

how I can access the command line within the Pi, as I cannot access it from SSH?

USB keyboard. You can try undo the changes you made in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and maybe it will give you the SSH back.

Kvitekvist

@meleu So, press F4 + Any key, then: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config to undo the changes i did? Is this the right steps to get there?

meleu

@Kvitekvist said in Root Password prevents SSH and WinSCP:

@meleu So, press F4 + Any key, then: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config to undo the changes i did? Is this the right steps to get there?

I'm not sure if this was the only change you have made, but it seems the right thing to do.

BTW: Pressing F4 only is enough to exit emulationstation.