Not able to login as root user using putty SSH

[Shivaji_1]

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.

[Con O'Kelly]

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

[Shivaji_1]

RootLogin parameters is Yes Still faceing the problem.

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

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.

[Fred Ruffet]

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

[Gavin Clarke]

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