topic Re: Not able to login as root user using putty SSH in Operating System - HP-UX

Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

Shivaji_1 — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:56:54 GMT

I configured the ssh. sshd daemon is running. On Windows client using PUTTY i am trying to login as root using ssh port 22 but it gives following error

login as: root
root@xyz.in.ibm.com's password:
Access denied
root@xyz.in.ibm.com's password:

Anyone knows the solution for this. Please help me.

Re: Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

Con O'Kelly — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:31:57 GMT

Hi

Check the sshd_config file on the server (/opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config).
Its likely the following parameter is set:
PermitRootLogin no

You need to set to yes to allow direct root login.

Cheers
Con

Re: Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

Shivaji_1 — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 01:37:29 GMT

RootLogin parameters is Yes Still faceing the problem.

Re: Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

Elmar P. Kolkman — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:39:44 GMT

You might check out the logging (syslog or sshd's special log files) for info on why it doesn't allow root to login.

And it's better to login with a normal user and do a su when you really need root access.

Re: Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

Fred Ruffet — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:45:44 GMT

Are you able to connect as root with other program than Putty ? For example, can you log on root from the server to itself with ssh ?

Regards,

Fred

Re: Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

Gavin Clarke — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:25:06 GMT

What version of putty are you using? We had trouble with 5.2 which was fixed by getting 5.6.