Sorry, not "true", but: "yes". :) Default:"without-password" (only with set up ssh keys)
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:28:19PM +0200, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote: > Set: > services.openssh.permitRootLogin = true; > > Regards, > Lluís. > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:22:13AM +0100, Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I while ago I put NixOS on another computer. I set it all up and it's > > great except for one problem: I can't SSH into the root account on it. > > See below for some attempts: I want to SSH from @lenalee to @yuuki. It > > just keeps rejecting my password even know I know it's correct: I > > demonstrate that by SSHing into a regular user on that box and then > > using ‘su’. This also shows that it's not a problem with SSH access in > > general, just to that user. The only thing I'm not showing here is > > SSHing into root@yuuki from regular user @lenalee because I set up > > login with a public key for convenience. This also that I can actually > > log into the user, just not with the password. > > > > I hoped that this would go away after I stopped messing with the users > > at install time but it has now been weeks and multiple reboots &c and > > the problem persists. > > > > Below is an annotated session dump. I especially point your attention to > > the last part. > > > > ## > > -- Try logging into the root user, fail. > > [root@lenalee:/home/shana]# ssh root@yuuki > > Password: > > Password: > > ^C > > > > [root@lenalee:/home/shana]# exit > > > > -- Log into the regular user there. > > [shana@lenalee:~]$ ssh shana@yuuki > > Password: > > Last login: Fri Aug 22 11:10:18 2014 from lenalee > > > > -- …and switch to the root that way… > > [shana@yuuki:~]$ su > > Password: > > > > -- …which works so the password is correct. > > [root@yuuki:/home/shana]# exit > > > > [shana@yuuki:~]$ logout > > Connection to yuuki closed. > > > > [shana@lenalee:~]$ su > > Password: > > > > -- Keep trying, keep failing. That second way of failure and prompting > > -- makes me suspicious. > > [root@lenalee:/home/shana]# ssh root@yuuki > > Password: > > Password: > > Password: > > root@yuuki's password: > > Permission denied, please try again. > > root@yuuki's password: > > Permission denied, please try again. > > root@yuuki's password: > > > > [root@lenalee:/home/shana]# exit > > ## > > > > It'd be great if someone could offer some advice. > > > > -- > > Mateusz K. > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
