Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:30:56 -0400 From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com> To: "David Taylor" <davidt@yadt.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: enable root login to remote system (was - failed root login with shared ssh key) Message-ID: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNOEIIDOAC.dave@hawk-systems.com> In-Reply-To: <20030828001051.GA99734@gattaca.yadt.co.uk>
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>> Further test, which I missed earlier for some unknown reason, was to >create an >> ssh key for a non-root user, copy to the target server, and try a key >> authenticated login with the non-root user... worked perfectly. >> >> As such, the problem does not appear to be with the ssh key login, >but with the >> fact that it is a root login. I am focusing my efforts there. Any >idea as to >> why the server would not allow root login given that we have already checked >> "PermitRootLogin yes" for the sshd_config. Is there another >location or entry >> which would be preventing root logins? > >You could always check the permissions on /root/.ssh/ and the files in it. >ssh won't let you use rsa authentication if the permissions on the folders >are too loose (for testing I'd recommend 700/600). they are set to 0644, the same setting as the non-root test accout previously discussed anyway, but good thought and worth the try. unfortunately I tried 0600 and 0700 with the same results. thanks for the try though Dave
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