[BlueOnyx:11423] Re: CMU migration question

[Gerald Waugh]

On 09/25/2012 11:32 AM, David Thacker wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am preparing to migrate all sites from an ancient RaQ4 server to a new
> BX 5107 server tomorrow. I've been doing some practice runs migrating from
> a Strongbolt BQ server to the new BX server here in my office, before
> heading out to the data center. I've been following the CMU Migration FAQ
> from http://www.blueonyx.it/index.php?page=cmu-migrations
>
> My question is this: In step 0 of the Import phase the instruction is to
> "Login to the target server by SSH as "admin" and use "su -" to gain root
> access." Is there any particular reason why I would not simply login as
> root instead?
>
> I've been logging in as root in my practice runs, and didn't seem to
> notice any problems doing so.
>
>
target servers are normally setup to disallow root login, although you 
may change that at your own peril
You possibly are using the console port in your office, which will allow 
root login.
So the instructions are correct

-- 
Gerald