Remote Administration Problem

[MarekŁukaszuk]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 00:43:26 -0800 (PST)
Hamed Abangar <h_abangar at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm new to this list and also  I'm new to FreeBSD environment .I'm
> network administrator in an isp.Recently i have changed our Internet
> servers from Linux to freebsd ( cache servers , dns servers , firewall
> , mail servers) . Every things works well , but i have a problem.I
> can't control my servers remotely.I have activated SSH and telnet but
> i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every
> other where. Each time i want to check my servers , i must go to my
> server's room and this is not good for a network administrator , i
> didn't have this problem with Linux.

in /etc/sshd/sshd_config 
add the line
PermitRootLogin yes

but login directly to root account isn't a good idea. Try using a normal user added to group wheel and then su to root.

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Marek Lukaszuk 
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
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