Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:09:21 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh to root Message-ID: <20100121140921.GB16927@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4B57CEB5.2050001@gmail.com> References: <4B57CE44.9060404@gmail.com> <4B57CEB5.2050001@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:49:09PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > I need to set up a machine so that I can type "ssh [host]" as root from > some other host and I get a prompt with super user privs... I already > have set this up for user@host for root and ssh host for normal users... > but root still asks for a password after I set the authorized_keys file > in ~root/.ssh.. I have looked at ssh_config(5) but can't tell what > option (if any) does this... if anyone is coruious the final goal here > is to set up a sysutils/fusefs-ssh for this host (already installed and > working for normal users but want to make it so it is done as root) If you can stand to do it in two steps, put your non-root id in the wheel group (in /ec/group). Then ssh and log as the non-root user and then su(1) to root. As some have said, do not directly log in as root over the net if you can possibly avoid it. ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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