From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 21:19:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5B916A400 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:19:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cruzweb@gmail.com) Received: from core.toehost.com (ns1.toehost.com [63.247.91.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA1343D75 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:19:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cruzweb@gmail.com) Received: from c-68-61-214-252.hsd1.mi.comcast.net ([68.61.214.252] helo=[192.168.42.11]) by core.toehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FIuSH-000648-9m; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:19:53 -0500 Message-ID: <4415E1F8.2030904@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:19:52 -0500 From: John Cruz Organization: Cruz Web Development User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Huy Ton That References: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.399, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-MailScanner-From: cruzweb@gmail.com X-Spam-Status: No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - core.toehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gmail.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSHD Help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@cruzweb.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:19:58 -0000 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.