Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:45:09 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "DSA - JCR" <juancr@dsa.es> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connecting user root with ssh Message-ID: <499c70c0705290145w309bd308u83f39f3791c5b3f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11066.217.114.136.135.1180427946.squirrel@llca513-a.servidoresdns.net> References: <11066.217.114.136.135.1180427946.squirrel@llca513-a.servidoresdns.net>
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On 5/29/07, DSA - JCR <juancr@dsa.es> wrote: > Hi all > > I was trying to connect to my FreeBSD 6.2 box with SSH with PUTTY by > several days with the user "root" and nothing happens, only a denied > password from FBSD, and a timeout close connection. > > But, a flash came to my mind ;D and then I tried to connect by a different > user and... "voila", ssh connections came alive !!.. > > My question is: if root user is locked to connect by ssh (I think it maybe > logic, but..) > > If it is so, how can I make an user that has same priviliges as root (I > beg your pardon for this newbie question...) I think that wheel group is > ok but what more?.. > > The think is that I need to connect to my FBSD box from outside the office > in a secure manner and control it,... well, surely you know this ;D > > > Thanks in advance > > "The more I learn FreeBSD, the more I love it" > > Juan Coruña > Desarrollo de Software Atlantico Hello, You can create a user and add the user into the wheel in /etc/group It's not recommended to ssh to the box using root, use su after you log to the shell. If you are insist to ssh as root which is disabled by default in sshd_config, you can uncomment it, you are warned, do not allow SSH to your box with user root at all. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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