From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 27 9:58:19 2002 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 3DCB737B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:58:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu [128.226.1.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C3443EAF for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:58:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu) Received: from onyx ([128.226.182.171]) by bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gARHw8I06981; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:58:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:58:08 -0500 (EST) From: Zhihui Zhang X-Sender: zzhang@onyx To: Roman Neuhauser Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to ssh as root In-Reply-To: <20021127174227.GP77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu / 2002-11-27 11:58:27 -0500: > > I used to ssh as root to a FreeBSD box and uses the root password. > > don't do it. I only use it for development purpose - it will probably be reinstalled quickly. No important data on it. Anyway, I am curious why ssh can not protect root password. > > Today, I reinstall 4.5-Release and try the same thing: > > don't use 4.5-RELEASE, there are huge holes in it. > > > $ ssh -l root mymachine > > otp-md5 100 pl6491 ext > > S/Key Password: > > hit enter without typing anything, it'll prompt you for your > password. Do not work. Thanks anyway. > > I was expecting something like: > > > > $ ssh -l root mymachine > > root@mymachine's password: > > *IIRC*, the S/Key prompt comes from ChallengeResponseAuthentication, > but I'm not really sure. > > -- > If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore > your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message