Hello Dirk, What is the value of PermitRootLogin in your sshd_config ? It can be used to cause this sort of behavior.
Dirk H. Schulz wrote: > Hi folks, > > we have a very weird phenomenon: > > On two of our RedHat EL4 Update 4 servers root cannot login via ssh > using public keys. All other users can. root is asked for a password > instead. > > sshd_config is RHEL4 default (that means pubkey auth allowed etc.), > and the rest is as well. The public keys are correctly appended to > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. Rights on .ssh and its files are correct. > I have even tarred+gzipped and copied roots .ssh directory to another > server and tested there. > > I have compared lots of things (sshd_config, pam config, even roots > .bash_profile) to a reference system where it works - everything I > have thought of is exactly the same. > > PubkeyAuth has worked fine on the problem servers, but one of the > admins must have changed something, and of course no one remembers > anything. I am sure it is something small and silly I overlook. > > Any hint and help is appreciated. -- Peter Hunt Opengear Inc - Secure Server Management - www.opengear.com Phone: 801 282 1387 ext 2229 Cell: 801 913 4073
