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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Peculiar problem with root login
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 18:55:34
Message-Id: 86a85ez758.fsf@local.lan
1 Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host
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3 I have what seems like an unusual problem with root login on this
4 host.
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6 I've done the normal things one does to allow root login; that is, add
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8 PermitRootLogin yes
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10 to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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12 Restart ssh, and in fact this host has been rebooted a few times since
13 adding that Permit line.
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15 I set sudo up to work with no passwd for a certain user long ago and
16 so I was able to redo root passwd just to make sure there wasn't some
17 error there.
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19 Still, I cannot login as root user I don't mean at the main login
20 screen one gets on bootup, but from an xterm in a running session.
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22 Of course, checked to see if Caps lock was on...
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24 I'm fresh out of ideas as to what else to do here.
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26 The log shows:
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28 Jun 11 14:50:55 d2 sshd[2830]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication
29 failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=d.local.lan
30 user=root
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32 Jun 11 14:50:57 d2 sshd[2830]: Failed password for root from
33 127.0.0.1 port 54522 ssh2

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: Peculiar problem with root login Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net>
[gentoo-user] Re: Peculiar problem with root login Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>