From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 27 9:42:42 2002 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 CB38D37B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:42:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF5E43E4A for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:42:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from lilith.bellavista.cz ([10.1.0.1]) by bellavista.cz (8.9.3/8.9.8) with ESMTP id SAA25461; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:42:28 +0100 Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by lilith.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836B728; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:40:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 89D5B2FDAB2; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:42:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:42:27 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Zhihui Zhang Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to ssh as root Message-ID: <20021127174227.GP77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Zhihui Zhang , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu / 2002-11-27 11:58:27 -0500: > I used to ssh as root to a FreeBSD box and uses the root password. don't do it. > Today, I reinstall 4.5-Release and try the same thing: don't use 4.5-RELEASE, there are huge holes in it. > $ ssh -l root mymachine > otp-md5 100 pl6491 ext > S/Key Password: hit enter without typing anything, it'll prompt you for your password. > I was expecting something like: > > $ ssh -l root mymachine > root@mymachine's password: *IIRC*, the S/Key prompt comes from ChallengeResponseAuthentication, but I'm not really sure. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message