Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:40:16 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> To: Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenSSH on 4.1 CR won't accept root's password Message-ID: <200007202140.OAA28802@pike.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0007200040410.26262-100000@echonyc.com> from Ken Seggerman at "Jul 20, 2000 00:55:35 am"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Greetings: > > I have FreeBSD 4.1-CR running on two machines. I have enabled sshd on both > of them, generated keys and connected back and forth as an ordinary user > using ssh from the command line. > > However when I do the same for root, ssh just won't accept the password > for root, even though it accpets my ordinary-user password. > > I've read the man pages and don't see why it is doing this. > > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > A tutorial or how-to for ssh (in more detail than the how-to for > committers) would be great, if anyone knows of one. > > > Thanks, > > Ken Seggerman > > ken_seggerman@suleyman.com Look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. By default root logins aren't allowed. You need to tweak the config file in order to enable them. See the sshd(8) manpage for more info. -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200007202140.OAA28802>