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Date:      Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:08:56 -0500
From:      "Jeremy Gransden" <jeremy.gransden@gmail.com>
To:        "Dima Sorkin" <dima.sorkin@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh login as root
Message-ID:  <87f7f4170703100808v6f17ff54v5fd1a5ae03713352@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com>

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On 3/10/07, Dima Sorkin <dima.sorkin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
> It _seems_ that FreeBSD does not allow root to login remotely via ssh.
> I can miss something, but if I right, how
> do I allow it ?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Dima.
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Its generally  not a good idea (hence, why it is turned off by default). You
can login as a user and su to root.

see sshd_config for how to turn it on.

jeremy



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