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Date:      Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:48:21 +0300
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        "Dima Sorkin" <dima.sorkin@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh login as root
Message-ID:  <65578026@srv.sem.ipt.ru>
In-Reply-To: <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com> (Dima Sorkin's message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:55:54 %2B0200")
References:  <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:55:54 +0200 Dima Sorkin wrote:

> It _seems_ that FreeBSD does not allow root to login remotely via ssh.
> I can miss something, but if I right, how
> do I allow it ?

One should never login (local or remote) as root. Use an ordinary
login and then su/sudo only at a short period when you really need
it.

Anyway, you may do "man sshd_config" and "/RootLogin" to _read_ how to
allow root login via ssh.


WBR
-- 
Boris Samorodov (bsam)
Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP
FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve



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