Can no longer do root login via ssh

kleptophobiac · 2005-06-01 05:00:26

I tend to login as root via ssh. Yes, I know that's a bad habit, but I don't give a damn because it's all local on my private network.

In any case, I just pacman -Syu'd a pair of arch computers, and I can no longer root ssh into those computers, though I can use a standard user + su.

I made sure that permitrootlogin was yes'd in sshd_config.

what now?

]hp · 2005-06-01 09:46:31

if your /etc/ssh/sshd_config you'll probably want something like this

ChallengeResponseAuthentication=no
UsePAM no

it scuppered mine as well when i updated.

hth

john

phrakture · 2005-06-01 14:56:15

ummm I think it's telling you not to login as root - if anything, log in as a normal user and su over...

cactus · 2005-06-01 19:08:13

ChallengeResponseAuthentication=no
I dont believe that does anything. I think it needs a space instead of an equals.
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

The new sshd_config has this set to no, the previous versions had it commented out (defaults to yes).

uberGeek · 2005-07-03 00:42:23

So if root can't ssh in then how does one rsync root readable only files between machines? When you have multiple Arch machines rsync makes updates, configuration, etc... a lot easier

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#1 2005-06-01 05:00:26

Can no longer do root login via ssh

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Re: Can no longer do root login via ssh

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Re: Can no longer do root login via ssh

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Re: Can no longer do root login via ssh

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