From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 21:25:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 0ADDB16A400 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:25:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D5043D6E for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:25:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i5so1410094wra for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:25:26 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=LkY8/JeP5jekt2U6cb7UWEubhQpdVEbsBYuvmgKh44VCE/EzmbhizIhPE1jZi9O7YRvv5sGMVD0929h1b9+iHnaMnfgx0Vh3y8hj0OVqVsbetF6L0uo74hgrq3S6vljkSCBhN8hv3CWXOXr6nCR/Qvk/EtaLKDT5HiOU2wOx5Ws= Received: by 10.54.62.15 with SMTP id k15mr1578379wra; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:25:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.1.0.23? ( [204.107.76.239]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 34sm832419wra.2006.03.13.13.25.25; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:25:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael Hernandez Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:25:23 -0500 To: "Huy Ton That" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSHD Help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:25:28 -0000 On Mar 13, 2006, at 4:12 PM, Huy Ton That wrote: > I am sure I am lacking the technical knowledge to get this running > but. I > setup (more like started) the sshd daemon. Now I have this system > setup at > home and am just using it for experimenting. When I try to SSH > into it, it > queries me for my user name, in which case I am logging in as > root. I key > in roots password (is this password the same as the main root > password?) and > it returns permission denied, please try again. > > I'm guessing I am not asking the right questions but I was under the > assumption that the password would be the same as root or whatever > user I'm > trying to login? Any tutorials? I'm going crazy :(. > _______________________________________________ First, you should create a regular user for yourself. It's a Bad Idea (tm) to be root unless you have to be. If you haven't disabled root login via ssh, you should be able to ssh as root (afaik) but it's still a Bad Idea(tm). If you have an account created and you set the password, then you should be able to log in with that user and password. If have been editing your sshd or other ssh related config files you should undo whatever you did, and try again. If you still can't login but you are getting prompted for a user and password... then make sure you don't have caps lock on (it happens) and make sure you are connecting to the right machine. It's possible that a machine has an address very similar to yours and you are trying to ssh into the wrong box :) That happened to me once too haha. Mike