Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:24:06 +0200 From: Maarten Sanders <maarfree@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd and pam Message-ID: <1122488646.4854.1.camel@maarten> In-Reply-To: <20050727165310.DF8125C0040@webmail3.spymac.net> References: <20050727165310.DF8125C0040@webmail3.spymac.net>
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Try first to login as a user who is member of group wheel and then 'su'. See if that works, root login is mostly disabled for security reasons. Maarten On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 10:53 -0600, cartman_step1@spymac.com wrote: > > On Wed Jul 27 7:49 , Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> sent: > > >cartman_step1@spymac.com> writes: > > > >> Just i have a question about ssh and pam . > >> Trying to login on a machine with freebsd 5.4 from a machine in where i run > >> fedora core 4 , i can't complete the operation . > >> The error is sshd[449] pam authentication error . What does it mean?How i can set > >> pam to permit to login to freebsd and control the machine remotely? > >> I'm new to freebsd and i appreciate if anyone can help me to solve the problem . > > > >Are you logging in as root? That's disabled by default. > >What kind of authentication are you using? > >_______________________________________________ > yes i'm logging in as root , now i have understand , cause i can log in as a > normal user . But then it's possible to log in as root , so i can administrate > remotely the machine on the lan? > >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" > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >
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