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--On Tuesday, November 15, 2005 06:17:41 -0800 Joshua Lewis 
<jmlewis@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> I was trying that I did
>
> scp -Cprroot@server.com:/usr/local/www
> localhost:/Users/joshua/Desktop/FreeBSD
>
> And it prompted me for a password on the server but the root password
> would not authenticate.
>
Most likely this is because remote root logins through ssh are not allowed 
(nor should they ever be.)  Use another username.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/