Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 12:51:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: Daniel Geske <danielgeske@gmx.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ssh root login Message-ID: <20020528124937.O26970-100000@snafu.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020528214252.00a1dd10@pop.gmx.net>
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On Tue, 28 May 2002, Daniel Geske wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD 4.5 Rel. machine up running fine. Now, on the console I
> can log in fine. Log ins via ssh only work for users other than root. How
> can I log in as root using ssh?
> I checked "hosts.allow" and it didn't look like there's any place to set
> such thing in "sshd_config"
Why not login and su for more accountability? If you really want root to
login over the network, change your sshd_config:
mike@mojo{mike}$ grep Root /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin no
Change 'no' to 'yes' and HUP sshd if needed.
Later,
-Mike
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