Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:52:29 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Secure File Copy Message-ID: <26408F03C6D10D06F7B7590A@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <007201c5e9ef$57278330$340a10ac@buzz> References: <007201c5e9ef$57278330$340a10ac@buzz>
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--On Tuesday, November 15, 2005 06:17:41 -0800 Joshua Lewis <jmlewis@dslextreme.com> wrote: > I was trying that I did > > scp -Cprroot@server.com:/usr/local/www > localhost:/Users/joshua/Desktop/FreeBSD > > And it prompted me for a password on the server but the root password > would not authenticate. > Most likely this is because remote root logins through ssh are not allowed (nor should they ever be.) Use another username. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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