From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 28 13: 4:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B34F37B407 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 13:04:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4SK4UNg060235; Wed, 29 May 2002 08:04:30 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4SK4UHw060234; Wed, 29 May 2002 08:04:30 +1200 (NZST) Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 08:04:30 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Daniel Geske Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh root login Message-ID: <20020529080430.B60075@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020528214252.00a1dd10@pop.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020528214252.00a1dd10@pop.gmx.net>; from danielgeske@gmx.net on Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:46:41PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:46:41PM +0200, Daniel Geske wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a FreeBSD 4.5 Rel. machine up running fine. Now, on the console I > can log in fine. Log ins via ssh only work for users other than root. How > can I log in as root using ssh? > I checked "hosts.allow" and it didn't look like there's any place to set > such thing in "sshd_config" This question should be asked in freebsd-questions, not -stable. Look in sshd(8) and more carefully in /etc/sshd_config. Its "PermitRootLogin" you're looking for. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Opportunities are seldom labeled To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message