Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:25:23 -0500 From: Michael Hernandez <sequethin@gmail.com> To: "Huy Ton That" <huyslogic@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSHD Help? Message-ID: <FBE658BC-FCB8-4BFB-BF5C-042450BD1367@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cac28080603131312w19f4e949m26165478377fbdb5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 13, 2006, at 4:12 PM, 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 :(. > _______________________________________________ First, you should create a regular user for yourself. It's a Bad Idea (tm) to be root unless you have to be. If you haven't disabled root login via ssh, you should be able to ssh as root (afaik) but it's still a Bad Idea(tm). If you have an account created and you set the password, then you should be able to log in with that user and password. If have been editing your sshd or other ssh related config files you should undo whatever you did, and try again. If you still can't login but you are getting prompted for a user and password... then make sure you don't have caps lock on (it happens) and make sure you are connecting to the right machine. It's possible that a machine has an address very similar to yours and you are trying to ssh into the wrong box :) That happened to me once too haha. Mike
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