Putty for SSH access
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From: jny0 on 14 Jul 2010 11:36 Hi, I can log into my linux pc with the username (root) / password combination. When I try to use Putty to do the same thing, and when prompted for username and password, access is denied. Any ideas why? Cheers
From: Chris Cox on 14 Jul 2010 11:41 On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 08:36 -0700, jny0 wrote: > Hi, > > I can log into my linux pc with the username (root) / password > combination. When I try to use Putty to do the same thing, and when > prompted for username and password, access is denied. Any ideas why? > > Cheers More detail please. I have no problem doing this... if ssh is configured to allow tunneled clear text passwords for root (probably not the best security practice).
From: David Schwartz on 14 Jul 2010 17:16 On Jul 14, 8:36 am, jny0 <j...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I can log into my linux pc with the username (root) / password > combination. When I try to use Putty to do the same thing, and when > prompted for username and password, access is denied. Any ideas why? Because that would make it impossible to tell who logged into the machine. Log in with your user account and then 'su' to root. If you are sure you want to allow direct SSH as root, edit your 'sshd_config' file. Add or uncomment a line that says "PermitRootLogin yes". DS
From: Keith Keller on 14 Jul 2010 18:06 On 2010-07-14, David Schwartz <davids(a)webmaster.com> wrote: > > If you are sure you want to allow direct SSH as root, edit your > 'sshd_config' file. Add or uncomment a line that says "PermitRootLogin > yes". ....and restart sshd! --keith -- kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information
From: jny0 on 15 Jul 2010 12:27
All of that advice helped me to sort the problem. Many thanks. |