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Old 12-17-2011, 06:50 PM  
raymor
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It's not unusual, but I'd say most will give you the root password.

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Originally Posted by beaner View Post
It is standard practice for some.

If they say that, and you need root (ie you develop sites), it is time to move on.

It takes 10X longer to develop a site using ftp.
But don't confuse root (a user name) with ssh (an access method). FTP, SSH, telnet, all may be be used by root or any other user.
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