Date: 01 Jun 2005 18:16:46 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> Cc: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz>, Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rick Preston <rickjpreston@gmail.com> Subject: Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs... Message-ID: <44ll5t90z5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200506011757.57097.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> References: <200506011449.45455.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> <429E0B57.2070701@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <200506011757.57097.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>
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Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> writes: > What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I haven't > found this mentioned in the man pages. > > Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would that > be a colossal mistake? Try the sshd_config(5) manual. > I mean, hey, it's a secure shell, why can't I login as root? Accountability. > The reason I want to use root is because I'm trying to scp /etc/master.passwd > from each of my four machines so I can write them to a CD for backup. You can do that without allowing root to get a shell from a remote system. Again, see the manual for the options available. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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