Re: authentication failure

2007-03-15 Thread semgogo sem
I am sorry for repling so late.Thanks all. Maintainer give me a lot help. http://www.linode.com/forums/archive/o_t/t_944/cannot_ssh_into_root_account.html From: Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: authentication failure Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: > BTW, IM*VERY*HO I'm not entirely convinced the maintainer is right, but > who asks me? :) I agree with you. His main argument seems to be that an ordinary user has access to root anyway, so why prevent direct access to root? We

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:05:24AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Do not log in as root via ssh or even allow it. > > > There are reasons why the default in Debian is PermitRootLogin no > > > > The de

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Johnson
Nigel Henry wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > 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... >> >

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-13 Thread Tarek Soliman
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:05:24AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do not log in as root via ssh or even allow it. > > There are reasons why the default in Debian is PermitRootLogin no > > The default is "yes". > See /usr/share/doc/openssh-server/Read

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-13 Thread Nigel Henry
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 roo

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Johnson
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

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 12 Mar 2007, Kent West wrote: > semgogo sem wrote: > > I think that the password I'm typing in is correct. It worked fine a > > week ago. I do nothing but try login using root by wrong password. > > I'm sorry, but your English fails me on this last sentence; I'm unsure > what you're saying. >

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do not log in as root via ssh or even allow it. > There are reasons why the default in Debian is PermitRootLogin no The default is "yes". See /usr/share/doc/openssh-server/Readme.DEBIAN.gz for the maintainers oppinion. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't e

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Tarek Soliman
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:43:40PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > So you can log in locally at the terminal as a normal user and then "su > - root" successfully, > but you can not log in via ssh as that same normal user and then "su - > root" successfully. > > I don't know of any mechanism that would c

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:57:27 -0300 Cassiano Leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Both in etch and sarge, root login via SSH is enabled by default. At > least in my installations it was so. I had to disable it manually. In my default Sid it is also enabled. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
semgogo sem wrote: > yes, I can log in locally at the terminal as a normal user and then "su > - root" successfully. following the rest of this thread, I think your keyboard is differently configured for the computer and for the computer from where you ssh from. HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Kent West
semgogo sem wrote: > yes, I can log in locally at the terminal as a normal user and then > "su - root" successfully. > Okay. So you can log in locally at the terminal as a normal user and then "su - root" successfully, but you can not log in via ssh as that same normal user and then "su - root" su

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread semgogo sem
yes, I can log in locally at the terminal as a normal user and then "su - root" successfully. From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: authentication failure Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:52:34 -0500 semgogo sem wrote: > I can lo

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Kent West
semgogo sem wrote: > I can log in locally at the terminal. > Can you log in locally at the terminal as a normal user and then "su - root" successfully? -- Kent West http://kentwest.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread semgogo sem
I can log in locally at the terminal. From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: authentication failure Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:05:45 -0500 semgogo sem wrote: > I can login as a non-root user, but not as a root user. I get message > &q

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Kent West
semgogo sem wrote: > I can login as a non-root user, but not as a root user. I get message > "Access denied" when longin using root via ssh. When I am in as a > non-root user via ssh and trying to use > su, I get message "su: authentication failure". > Sounds to me like root's password has been ch

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread semgogo sem
ECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: authentication failure Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:49:03 -0500 semgogo sem wrote: > I'am sorry for my English. No need to apologize; my comment was not intended as criticism, but rather as an indication that I wasn't understanding. > My box

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Kent West
semgogo sem wrote: > I'am sorry for my English. No need to apologize; my comment was not intended as criticism, but rather as an indication that I wasn't understanding. > My box worked fine a week ago. When I login using root last night, I > type in wrong password more than 5 times. Now, I can log

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread semgogo sem
Subject: Re: authentication failure Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:34:30 -0500 semgogo sem wrote: > I think that the password I'm typing in is correct. It worked fine a > week ago. I do nothing but try login using root by wrong password. I'm sorry, but your English fails me on this last sentence; I&

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Kent West
semgogo sem wrote: > I think that the password I'm typing in is correct. It worked fine a > week ago. I do nothing but try login using root by wrong password. I'm sorry, but your English fails me on this last sentence; I'm unsure what you're saying. Perhaps there is someone else who admins that b

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Cassiano Leal
Kent West wrote: > semgogo sem wrote: >> Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction... >> Using SSH , I cannot log in using root - I get 'acccess denied'. 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 '

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread semgogo sem
I think that the password I'm typing in is correct. It worked fine a week ago. I do nothing but try login using root by wrong password. From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: authentication failure Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:35:46 -0500

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-12 Thread Kent West
semgogo sem wrote: > Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction... > Using SSH , I cannot log in using root - I get 'acccess denied'. 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 > fa