2015-04-30, 09:54
For version 10,11,12 of XBMC I used 'sudo setpasswd root' to set a root password, then used root/password to access XBMC via FTP(later SFTP).
Before you ask, this allows me to edit some config files in windows7 (that I'm more familiar with) and transfer them to XBMC via my SFTP app.
I have just installed Kodi 14 Helix replacing XBMC 12 Frodo. I have set the root password and can login as root ok via a terminal window, but when I try to access Kodi via SFTP as root, it keeps saying "Password authentication failed". I can SFTP as the userid/password I set during install ok, but that doesn't give me root access (eg. I want to change \etc\network\interfaces).
What am I missing?
Before you ask, this allows me to edit some config files in windows7 (that I'm more familiar with) and transfer them to XBMC via my SFTP app.
I have just installed Kodi 14 Helix replacing XBMC 12 Frodo. I have set the root password and can login as root ok via a terminal window, but when I try to access Kodi via SFTP as root, it keeps saying "Password authentication failed". I can SFTP as the userid/password I set during install ok, but that doesn't give me root access (eg. I want to change \etc\network\interfaces).
What am I missing?