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Remote Login using SSH

Default root account has the rights to only login into the system using local terminal console, remote SSH login is disabled.

To enable the remote login using SSH set the PermitRootLogin yes setting in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and reboot the machine. You can use the following commands to do it from the console.

sed -i "s/#\{0,1\}PermitRootLogin *.*$/PermitRootLogin yes/g" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

The configuration file will then look like the following.

SSH permit root login

After that, internals of the virtual appliance can be accessed remotely using for example WinSCP. Specify the root user name and default Passw0rd (or whatever you have changed the password to) in connection settings as shown on the following screenshot.

WinSCP and Web Safety

Upload and download folders and files using F5 Copy button or your mouse and navigate the filesystem by pressing Enter on the folder names.

WinSCP and Web Safety File System