On Jun 01 05 05:57PM, Steven Friedrich wrote: <snip> > What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I > haven't > found this mentioned in the man pages. > > Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would > that > be a colossal mistake?
Again, if I may reiterate, it is highly dangerous to allow root login. Although if you _must_ know, you want to add: PermitRootLogin = Yes to your sshd_config file and then restart sshd. Beware! > > I mean, hey, it's a secure shell, why can't I login as root? > > The reason I want to use root is because I'm trying to scp > /etc/master.passwd > from each of my four machines so I can write them to a CD for backup. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" - j
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