On Tuesday 13 March 2007 12:09, Paul Johnson wrote: > semgogo sem wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > > Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction... > > > > Using SSH , I cannot log in using root - I get 'acccess denied'. > > Never log in as root. > > > I can log in using a second account I have set up, however when I try su > > - root (and give root password) it fails and reports 'su: authentication > > failure sorry'. > > Use your root password on the Password: prompt su gives you.
A question Paul. On an earlier post the OP said that he had logged in as user, then using su had mistyped the root password 5 times. Is there a way that SSH could lock you out completely from su'ing to root, if you had made multiple typos on the root password? Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
