Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:19:52 -0500 From: John Cruz <cruzweb@gmail.com> To: Huy Ton That <huyslogic@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSHD Help? Message-ID: <4415E1F8.2030904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com>
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SSHD will not allow you to log in as root (for security reasons). There may be a way to change it, but I don't reccomend it. Configure a user account to be able to use the su command or install sudo, then log in remotely as a user then su or sudo for administrative tasks. Huy Ton That wrote: > I am sure I am lacking the technical knowledge to get this running but. I > setup (more like started) the sshd daemon. Now I have this system setup at > home and am just using it for experimenting. When I try to SSH into it, it > queries me for my user name, in which case I am logging in as root. I key > in roots password (is this password the same as the main root password?) and > it returns permission denied, please try again. > > I'm guessing I am not asking the right questions but I was under the > assumption that the password would be the same as root or whatever user I'm > trying to login? Any tutorials? I'm going crazy :(. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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