On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, 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
Remote root access is denied by default because of safety concerns. Log in as a normal user and then go root with su. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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