Cannot get root access via WinSCP

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Greetings friends:

I’ve looked and have found threads on this subject, but I cannot get it to work. I’m using WinSCP logging in Kido 16 (USB install) with osmc/osmc then I run a command box with WinSCP. The command I used is sudo passwd root and WinSCP hangs and disconnects without giving me root access. These are the instructions from osmc.tv located at Usernames and passwords - General - OSMC

Can somebody give me some direction? Or point out what I’m doing wrong? It seems straight forward, but maybe I’m missing something. Thanks again.

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Root access by WinSCP is blocked, edit your connection in WinSCP>Advanced>WinSCP Shell and change the shell to “sudo -su” then save it, this will give root access to the complete file system. Save the new connection with a new name and use it only when needed, otherwise use the original connection.

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Wow, thank you very kindly for this information. It worked !

Cheers

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You cannot use “Send Command” in WinSCP to run a command that requires user input.

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