From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 2 13:18:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F53C16A41F for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:18:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jstn@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (mx.freeshell.org [192.94.73.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F42443D53 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:18:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jstn@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:jstn@ukato.freeshell.org [192.94.73.7]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j52DHg5R004058 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:17:42 GMT Received: (from jstn@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id j52DHrJs009580 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:17:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:17:53 -0400 From: "Justin R. Pessa" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050602131752.GB3828@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200506011449.45455.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> <429E0B57.2070701@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <200506011757.57097.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WhfpMioaduB5tiZL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506011757.57097.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-URL: http://jstn.sdf1.org X-PGP: http://jstn.sdf1.org/pgp.html Subject: Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:18:34 -0000 --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jun 01 05 05:57PM, Steven Friedrich wrote: =20 > What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I ha= ven't=20 > found this mentioned in the man pages. >=20 > Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would= that=20 > be a colossal mistake? Again, if I may reiterate, it is highly dangerous to allow root login. Although if you _must_ know, you want to add: PermitRootLogin =3D Yes=20 to your sshd_config file and then restart sshd. Beware! >=20 > I mean, hey, it's a secure shell, why can't I login as root? >=20 > The reason I want to use root is because I'm trying to scp /etc/master.p= asswd=20 > from each of my four machines so I can write them to a CD for backup. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" - j --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFCnwcAPpr5wVVwYfURAnM3AKC+8X1P9MFvtS+k/zDGLVee9+h2jwCghBdO B3+J7Ph4Q1lKylzwJ2Bk6+Q= =bim6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL--