On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 08:38:20PM -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote > A major upgrade to OpenSSH is being stabilized: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555518 > > The default of PermitRootLogin for sshd in the new version is > "prohibit-password". If you typically log in to the root account over > SSH using a password, **IT'S GONNA BREAK**, and you won't be able to fix > it remotely unless you have an account that can sudo to root. > > To maintain the current behavior, set PermitRootLogin to "yes" before > you upgrade, and then be careful not to wipe out sshd_config.
Thanks for the info. I'd doing an install on a machine at home, and I ran into that. Since I hadn't yet created a local user, there was nowhere to sudo from. Fortunately, it's all in one room, and a few clicks of the KVM remote-switcher brought me to the actual machine, where I could log in directly. I now have my key on the installed machine and can ssh in from my current machine. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
