W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > > You are probably trying to login as root via ssh. This is not recommended and is disabled by default. If you really want to change this, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_login, uncomment the line PermitRootLogin No and change it to Yes. Better still, create a normal user account, add it to the wheel group and use it to ssh to the machine then, use su when needed. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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