Confirming that this bug is still open: I freshly installed Debian testing "Jessie" with only SSH Server from tasksel and I was not able to login using root, although it is possible to do so in Wheezy.
> Workaround: comment out this line in /etc/pam.d/ssh: > > session required pam_loginuid.so Didn't work. (In fact I reverted all changes to /etc/pam.d/ssh after seeing that next step was successful) > Downgrading openssh-server to the version on stable (1:6.0p1-4) fixed the problem. This was the helping hint, thank you very much! Additionally, root login must be enabled. After all, all that should be needed to downgrade and enable: echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get remove openssh-server apt-get install openssh-server=1:6.0p1-4 openssh-client=1:6.0p1-4 sed -i "s/^PermitRootLogin without-password/PermitRootLogin yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/init.d/ssh restart Hope these steps help saving time the next one googling for "debian jessie enable root ssh" to workaround this bug ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
