Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:17:53 -0400 From: "Justin R. Pessa" <jstn@sdf.lonestar.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs... Message-ID: <20050602131752.GB3828@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> In-Reply-To: <200506011757.57097.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> References: <200506011449.45455.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> <429E0B57.2070701@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <200506011757.57097.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>
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--WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jun 01 05 05:57PM, Steven Friedrich wrote: <snip> =20 > What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I ha= ven't=20 > found this mentioned in the man pages. >=20 > Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would= that=20 > be a colossal mistake? Again, if I may reiterate, it is highly dangerous to allow root login. Although if you _must_ know, you want to add: PermitRootLogin =3D Yes=20 to your sshd_config file and then restart sshd. Beware! >=20 > I mean, hey, it's a secure shell, why can't I login as root? >=20 > The reason I want to use root is because I'm trying to scp /etc/master.p= asswd=20 > from each of my four machines so I can write them to a CD for backup. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" - j --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFCnwcAPpr5wVVwYfURAnM3AKC+8X1P9MFvtS+k/zDGLVee9+h2jwCghBdO B3+J7Ph4Q1lKylzwJ2Bk6+Q= =bim6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WhfpMioaduB5tiZL--
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