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Date:      Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:21:37 +0100
From:      Stephan Lichtenauer <fbsdlists@mnet-online.de>
To:        Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh root@localhost
Message-ID:  <9A4BC4C8-750C-11D9-87DD-000A95D5F764@mnet-online.de>
In-Reply-To: <ef60af09050202031645f73c32@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ef60af09050202031645f73c32@mail.gmail.com>

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Am 02.02.2005 um 12:16 schrieb Gert Cuykens:

> Why does it not accept my password ?
>
> I# ssh root@localhost
>

Hi Gert,

if you really need that (this is disabled for security reasons), you 
need to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change the following line so it 
is no longer commented out and says "Yes" instead:

PermitRootLogin yes

Hope that helps

Stephan



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