Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:05:33 -0700 (MST) From: Matt Ruzicka <matt@frii.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: **questions** ssh w/ rsa certs not working Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0701241500490.31475@elara.frii.com> In-Reply-To: <45B7DFB5.2040108@charter.net> References: <45B7DFB5.2040108@charter.net>
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Gabriel Rossetti wrote: > The user needing to log in is root (I know this is not good and turned off by > default), so I re-enabled root login with ssh but like I said above, I get a > password > prompt when I do : ssh -l root machine2 whoami Not sure if there is more going on as well, but you might want to set PermitRootLogin without-password in your sshd_config on the server you are trying to access. This /should/ give you a bit more security in that someone won't be able to brute force your root password if I understand it, but will allow you to login using the sshd keys (if they are set up properly). Might also check file and directory perms on .ssh and the different key and authorized_keys2 files involved if you haven't already, seems perms often bite me.. Matt Ruzicka - Senior Systems Administrator FRII 970-212-0728 matt@frii.net
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