OpenSSH Help

[bronto]

Well, now, that's just what they would expect us to do wouldn't it?

:')

Thanks for the excellent and almost too embarrassingly obvious solution.

Rob

>why don't you login as a non-priv user and su up?  Or better yet, use sudo.
>
>Using sudo to run a command as root is a great thing!  Simply type:
>
>	sudo <command you'd like to run as root with all arguments>
>
>sudo prompts you for your root passwd, and executes the command 
>indicated as root.
>
>Logging in as root from the command prompt is a really bad idea (IMHO).
>
>  - matthewk
>
>On Friday, August 30, 2002, at 09:33  PM, bronto wrote:
>
>>Quick question (I hope) about using OpenSSH.
>>
>>I am going to move my server to a co location site and am preparing 
>>to do all administration remotely.  Certain things need to be done 
>>as root, so I am verifying that I can log in to sshd as root.  Yes, 
>>I know this is dangerous; my plan is to disable root login until I 
>>need it, enable it, do the work, then disable it again.
>>
>>In my config file, I have PermitRootLogin as "yes", yet I still 
>>cannot log in as root.  I can log in easily using any other 
>>username. When I attempt to log in, my client reports "Login 
>>incorrect", yet I'm sure I've got the password correct.  I have 
>>restarted OpenSSH after changing PermitRootLogin.
>>
>>Ideas?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Rob
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>  - matthewk (MSK2)
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