Re: [opensuse] Re: ssh & root logins special? in 11.1?

Mark Goldstein wrote:

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Try setting explicitly PermitRootLogin to yes (and when keys work, set it to "without-password":

PermitRootLogin Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). The argument must be “yes”, “without-password”, “forced-commands-only”, or “no”. The default is “yes”.

Yes, I've forgotten... Commented out options in sshd_conf and ssh_conf are the defaults. And I re-checked that on my systems with PermitRootLogin yes commented out I have no problem logging in as root (both on 11.0 and 11.1).

So Linda's right, it is something other than PermitRootLogin. I do not use non-interactive login on my systems, so I can't check your scenario (maybe I'll give it a try later).

I'm must be doing something else wrong then. Because with PermitRootLogin yes commented out, PasswordAuthentication yes, ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes, I can not login: 17:30 alchemy:/> ssh root@ecstasy Password: Password: Password: root@ecstasy's password: Permission denied, please try again. root@ecstasy's password: Permission denied, please try again. root@ecstasy's password: Received disconnect from 192.168.6.15: 2: Too many authentication failures for root (yes... I know the password) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org