Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Tom Dial writes: [...] >From Harry's settings: >> LoginGraceTime 120 >> PermitRootLogin without-password Tom D wrote: > This will prevent root login using a password. Only other methods, such > as RSA authentication are to be permitted. That turned out to be exactly the

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-19 Thread David Christensen
On 06/18/17 23:08, David Christensen wrote: ... You should see host2's ECDSA key fingerprint the first time you log in. Verify it against the note card. Correction: You should see host1's ECDSA key fingerprint ... David

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-19 Thread David Christensen
On 06/18/17 08:57, Harry Putnam wrote: ... root # cat /etc/debian_version 8.8 root # uname -a Linux d2 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux root # dpkg-query --show openssh-server openssh-server 1:6.7p1-5+deb8u3 root # dpkg-query --show openssh-client

Re: Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-18 Thread Tom Dial
On 06/18/2017 09:57 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > David Christensen writes: > >> On 06/12/2017 06:39 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host >>> >>> I have what seems like an unusual problem with root login on this >>> host. > >

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: >> >> # ls -1 /root/.ssh >> Sorry ... I managed to overlook this one: root # ls -la .ssh total 12 drwx-- 2 root root 4096 May 30 21:44 . drwx-- 6 root root 4096 Jun 18 11:35 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 666 May 30 22:17 known_hosts

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: >> >> # ls -1 /root/.ssh >> Sorry ... I managed to overlook this one: root # ls -la .ssh total 12 drwx-- 2 root root 4096 May 30 21:44 . drwx-- 6 root root 4096 Jun 18 11:35 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 666 May 30 22:17 known_hosts

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-18 Thread Harry Putnam
David Christensen writes: > On 06/12/2017 06:39 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host >> >> I have what seems like an unusual problem with root login on this >> host. [...] >> I'm fresh out of ideas as to what else to do here.

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-12 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 12-06-17, Erik Karlin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 08:06:21PM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > On 12-06-17, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Jan-Peter Rühmann composed on 2017-06-12 17:15 (UTC+0200): > > > . > > > > Normally you can´t login via Root, because there is no entry in the > > > > passwd

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-12 Thread David Christensen
On 06/12/2017 06:39 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host I have what seems like an unusual problem with root login on this host. I've done the normal things one does to allow root login; that is, add PermitRootLogin yes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-12 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 12-06-17, Felix Miata wrote: > Jan-Peter Rühmann composed on 2017-06-12 17:15 (UTC+0200): > . > > Normally you can´t login via Root, because there is no entry in the passwd > > file. > . > That is false for every Debian installation (Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie, Stretch > at > least) I have ever

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-12 Thread Felix Miata
Jan-Peter Rühmann composed on 2017-06-12 17:15 (UTC+0200): . > Normally you can´t login via Root, because there is no entry in the passwd > file. . That is false for every Debian installation (Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie, Stretch at least) I have ever done (unless maybe I'm misremembering all the way

Re: Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-12 Thread Jan-Peter Rühmann
Normally you can´t login via Root, because there is no entry in the passwd file. That is because it is no good Idea to work as root. the best way for SSH is by public key, without the need for Passwords. There are a lot of Howto´s in the net. Hope that helps a little. Am 12.06.2017 um 15:50

Peculiar problem with root login

2017-06-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host I have what seems like an unusual problem with root login on this host. I've done the normal things one does to allow root login; that is, add PermitRootLogin yes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config Restart ssh, and in fact this host has been