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On 02/01/2015 07:53 PM, williamyun7 wrote:
> hey guys, how are you~:)
>
> I know it's not recommended accessing Root via SSH but I am just testing for
> some reasons.
>
> I have edited two configurations like below and restarted sshd service, and
> even restarted the computer but I still cannot login as a root via SSH with
> getting an error message (keyboard-interactive authentication with ssh2
> server failed)
>
> *PasswordAuthentication yes*
> *PermitRootLogin yes*
What's with those asterisks???
I do not see them on my system.