Re: sshd not working

From: Bob Tennent (BobT_at_cs.queensu.ca)
Date: 04/16/05 

Date: 16 Apr 2005 10:42:47 GMT

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 04:00:15 GMT, SEND NO SPAM wrote:
>> >
>> >>I installed Fedora 3 on a friend's computer. It's working fine but I
>> >>thought I would set up remote access for myself to clear up any problems
>> >>that might arise. The computer is on a local network behind an ADSL
>> >>modem configured as a firewall and router. So I configured the router to
>> >>forward port 22 to the Linux box. I believe I can reach the Linux box
>> >>because I get a password dialogue. But it's not accepting what I know is
>> >>the proper password. I haven't changed the default /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
>> >>The sshd daemon is running. What have I forgotten?
>> >
>> > If you are trying to log-in as root you need to set "PermitRootLogin
>> > yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, otherwise you get exactly what you describe.
>>
>> Thanks. The default sshd_config has
>>
>> #PermitRootLogin yes
>>
>> which is *supposed* to mean that the default is yes but I guess it's
>> conceivable that it's lying.
>
> see the # at the beginning
> that means anything after it is a comment
> remove it if you really want ot allow root access

This is what I was referring to:

# The strategy used for options in the default sshd_config shipped with
# OpenSSH is to specify options with their default value where
# possible, but leave them commented. Uncommented options change a
# default value.

Bob T.

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