Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:18:13 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH Message-ID: <20071022171813.GB65899@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20071022074758.5131513C4A5@mx1.freebsd.org> References: <20071022074758.5131513C4A5@mx1.freebsd.org>
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--K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. >=20 > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication.=20 >=20 > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX=20 Remote root access is denied by default because of safety concerns. Log in as a normal user and then go root with su. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHHNtVEnfvsMMhpyURAnvMAJwP0BUrppIjzYHp/RL4e1Ja25C+7ACeLbak Adxr+xP/FoqZYWydX0KOl74= =VrcG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--
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