From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 23 17:28:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978DC16A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:28:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA98843D3F for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:28:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9NHSZVc090316; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:28:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i9NHSXKX090313; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:28:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:28:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: Brad In-Reply-To: <20041022183211.5399.h001.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> Message-ID: <20041023192637.U90310@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <20041022183211.5399.h001.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote logon X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:28:33 -0000 On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Brad wrote: > I just completed install of 5.2.1 and am trying to logon remotely via SSH and keep getting access > denied. > > My password is correct, because I can log onto the box directly. Short guess: you are trying to login as root? Thats disabled because of security reasons. create a user, and put the user in the wheel group so that that user is allowed to su. When its a different problem, try connecting with ssh -v, and post the results to freebsd-questions, there they are better suited because of direct debugging... HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@ohoyer.de Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)