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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:38:15 -0500
From:      Ted Sikora <tsikora@powerusersbbs.com>
To:        Juraj Lutter <otis@wilbury.sk>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ssh login
Message-ID:  <3A6C7007.134CD18F@powerusersbbs.com>
References:  <3A6B9008.88CCCE91@home.com> <20010122080422.A88843@citusc17.usc.edu> <3A6C64CE.DDA1F400@powerusersbbs.com> <20010122175500.O16921@wilbury.sk>

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Juraj Lutter wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:50:22AM -0500, Ted Sikora wrote:
> 
> > warning: Development-time debugging not compiled in.
> > warning: To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile.
> > debug: hostname is '24.2.168.186'.
> > debug: Unable to open /root/.ssh2/ssh2_config
> > warning: Development-time debugging not compiled in.
> > warning: To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile.
> > debug: connecting to 24.2.168.186...
> > debug: entering event loop
> > debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating transport protocol
> > debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1015/ssh_client_wrap: creating userauth protocol
> > debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:349/keycheck_key_match: Host key found from databa
> > se.
> > debug: Unable to open /root/.ssh2/identification
> > debug: Ssh2AuthClient/sshauthc.c:304/ssh_authc_completion_proc: Method 'publicke
> > y' disabled.
> > debug: Ssh2AuthPasswdClient/authc-passwd.c:82/ssh_client_auth_passwd: Starting p
> > assword query...
> > root's password:
> > debug: Ssh2AuthPasswdClient/authc-passwd.c:82/ssh_client_auth_passwd: Starting p
> > assword query...
> > root's password:
> >
> 
> Seems like you don't have root login enabled in your
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Try to enable or try to log in as normal user
> not as root. Root login can be possibly dangerous.
> 
> otis

That was it. How can root be dangerous in ssh.. isn't that why it
exists? Or would using su be better? I usually use ssh to remotely
administer the servers.

--
Ted Sikora
Jtl Development Group
tsikora@powerusersbbs.com
Linux the choice of a GNU generation............


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