Connect by ssh only as root

Ow Mun Heng Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Wed Sep 29 09:12:44 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 16:04, Alor wrote:
> I can connect to FC ssh server only as root.
> ssh message:
> 	Connection to fctest closed by remote host.
> 	Connection to fctest closed.
> What can I do?

1. Check if you are allowing users to log in 
2. Check /etc/ssh/sshd_config or its variant
Try connecting using -vv (very verbose) and look at the logs or the
debug printouts

Btw, you really should not permit root logins.

eg: PermitRootLogins no

> Best regards
> Alor Long

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Ow Mun Heng
Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 on D600 1.4Ghz CPU kernel
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