From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 23 02:28:19 2004 Return-Path: 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 B1C0A16A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:28:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wingfoot.org (caduceus.wingfoot.org [64.32.179.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7093C43D31 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:28:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ges@wingfoot.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.wingfoot.org [127.0.0.1]) by wingfoot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A751F449D; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:28:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wingfoot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wingfoot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30408-10; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:28:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [64.32.179.50]) by wingfoot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B46EC1F446D; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:28:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4179C1C5.8080007@wingfoot.org> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:28:21 -0400 From: Glenn Sieb User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Thunderbird/0.8 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brad References: <20041022183211.5399.h001.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> In-Reply-To: <20041022183211.5399.h001.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wingfoot.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote logon X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:28:19 -0000 Hey Brad! (I redirected this to -questions.. IIRC that's more the proper venue..) Brad said the following on 10/22/2004 9:32 PM: >I just completed install of 5.2.1 and am trying to logon remotely via SSH and keep getting access >denied. > >My password is correct, because I can log onto the box directly. > > Just a guess... are you logging in as root? If not, try looking at /etc/ssh/sshd_config look for: PasswordAuthentication yes And, you might want to check man sshd_config for other handy options :) Best, Glenn -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759