ssh login as root

Jeremy Gransden jeremy.gransden at gmail.com
Sat Mar 10 16:08:57 UTC 2007


On 3/10/07, Dima Sorkin <dima.sorkin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
> It _seems_ that FreeBSD does not allow root to login remotely via ssh.
> I can miss something, but if I right, how
> do I allow it ?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Dima.
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Its generally  not a good idea (hence, why it is turned off by default). You
can login as a user and su to root.

see sshd_config for how to turn it on.

jeremy


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