enabling root over ssh on F11

Sharpe, Sam J sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com
Sat Sep 12 21:39:12 UTC 2009


2009/9/12 Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists at googlemail.com>:
> 2009/9/12 Jonathan Dieter <jdieter at gmail.com>
>>
>> On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 20:53 +0100, Aaron Gray wrote:
>> > I still cannot access root at login !
>> >
>> >
>> > Must still be doing something dumb :(
>> > Aaron
>>
>> Looking at your earlier log, I have to ask.  Are you sure you're typing
>> in the correct password?
>
> Yes, the same password as works with 'su' once logged in as a normal user.
> Aaron

Are the permissions on root's .ssh folder set correctly (chmod -R 700
.ssh) on the source and target?

That's the most common cause I've seen of failed logins

--
Sam




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