On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:46:41PM +0200, Daniel Geske wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a FreeBSD 4.5 Rel. machine up running fine. Now, on the console I 
> can log in fine. Log ins via ssh only work for users other than root. How 
> can I log in as root using ssh?
> I checked "hosts.allow" and it didn't look like there's any place to set 
> such thing in "sshd_config"
> 
> I am looking forward to hearing a solution.
> Thanks,
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
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    I,
    
    You can use option `PermitRootLogin yes' in your sshd_config but it 
    may have some impact in machine security.
    
    You can login as a normal user and then "su -" or, better, "sudo 
    <command>".
    
    Bye,
    
                Nuno Teixeira
    
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