enabling root over ssh on F11

[Aaron Gray]

2009/9/12 Hiisi <very-cool at rambler.ru>

> > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:13:36 +0100
> > From: Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists at googlemail.com>
> > Subject: Re: enabling root over ssh on F11
> > To: "Community assistance, encouragement,       and advice for using
> >        Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> > On 12/09/2009, Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> wrote:
> >> Aaron Gray wrote:
> >>> I need to enable root access via sshd. I will be using certificates and
> >>> firewalled access.
> >>> I tried remove the suffix " user != root quiet" from /etc/pam.d/gdm.
> >>
> >> This only affects login via the Gnome Display Manager.
> >>
> >>> Also added "PermitRootLogin yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
> >>
> >> This is, AFAIK, the default.  It doesn't hurt having it, but it should
> >> not be required.
> >>
> >>> Also put SELinux into Permissive mode.
> >>>
> >>> But still neither root sshd nor login work.
> >>
> >> I know that root logins via sshd work on F11, and there isn't anything
> >> special required to allow it that I am aware of.  I think you should
> >> post the details of the failure you are seeing.  Running ssh with -vvv
> >> for more verbose output might help.  Also, check /var/log/secure on
> >> the server to see if it includes any relevant information.  If you are
> >> using key based authentication, you should look for lines indicating
> >> that the ownership and permissions on your keys are incorrect.
> >
> > Its like the password is being rejected but the password works in
> > 'su'. I am getting the following:-
> >
> > ang at Zinc ~]$ ssh -vvv root at 192.168.0.16
> > OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8k-fips 25 Mar 2009
> > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> > debug1: Applying options for *
> > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
> > debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.16 [192.168.0.16] port 22.
> > debug1: Connection established.
> <--skip-->
> > debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
> > Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password).
> >
> > Any clues ?
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> >
>
> Dumb question: are you sure ssh daemon is running on the server? Can
> you login as non-root user to it?
>
>
Thanks, yeah, a dumb question was what was needed !

I am using the wrong *** IP address !

Very sorry for the noise,

Aaron
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