enable root login to remote system (was - failed root login with shared ssh key)

[David Taylor]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote:
> 
> Further test, which I missed earlier for some unknown reason, was to create an
> ssh key for a non-root user, copy to the target server, and try a key
> authenticated login with the non-root user...  worked perfectly.
> 
> As such, the problem does not appear to be with the ssh key login, but with the
> fact that it is a root login.  I am focusing my efforts there.  Any idea as to
> why the server would not allow root login given that we have already checked
> "PermitRootLogin yes" for the sshd_config.  Is there another location or entry
> which would be preventing root logins?

You could always check the permissions on /root/.ssh/ and the files in it.
ssh won't let you use rsa authentication if the permissions on the folders
are too loose (for testing I'd recommend 700/600).

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David Taylor
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