Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:31:01 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Huy Ton That <huyslogic@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSHD Help? Message-ID: <20060313213101.92934.qmail@web60011.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4415E1F8.2030904@gmail.com>
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--- John Cruz <cruzweb@gmail.com> wrote: > SSHD will not allow you to log in as root (for security reasons). > There may be a way to change it, but I don't reccomend it. This is done by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config: PermitRootLogin yes Then restart the SSH daemon: kill -HUP <sshd pid> > Configure a user account to be able to use the su command or install sudo, then log in > remotely as a user then su or sudo for administrative tasks. Allowing a regular user to "su" to root is done by making him a member of group "wheel". For sudo, the root user needs to configure /etc/sudoers with the 'visudo' command. You need to install the sudo package first. > 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 :(. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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