Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:42:33 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Yoo, Gene" <Gene.Yoo@calbar.ca.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Root password not responding Message-ID: <4059ED99.9090906@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <B68EF841519D574F92E1A2CCD19B1F0B037F9D25@lamail01.calsb.org> References: <B68EF841519D574F92E1A2CCD19B1F0B037F9D25@lamail01.calsb.org>
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Yoo, Gene wrote: > However, recently the root usner name and password, when entered > correctly or incorrectly, does not login. It gives me the message of > Incorrect password or usnername. Why has this suddenly started > occurring and how do I fix this? Change the line containing "PermitRootLogin" to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and restart sshd on that machine. It's better from the standpoint of security to always log in as a normal user and su (or run sudo), which is why root login via SSH is disabled by default. However, there are circumstances where logging in as root is convenient... -- -Chuck
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