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

[Dave [Hawk-Systems]]

>> 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).

they are set to 0644, the same setting as the non-root test accout previously
discussed anyway, but good thought and worth the try.  unfortunately I tried
0600 and 0700 with the same results.

thanks for the try though

Dave