only root cann't ssh to the server

[Hanry Zhou]

anybody else can, and root can telnet into the serverA.

Here is the result:
ssh systemA -l root
Permission denied, please try again

Please help

[Mel Burslan]

it may be too trivial to ask but dows root user have a ~root/.ssh directory, which is writable ?

[Hanry Zhou]

yes, there is existing ~root/.ssh and with writeable for root.

[Steven E. Protter]

Probably the root password is locked on the target server. Log onto it at the console and it will be unlocked.

I've seen this message a few times and thats always what the problem has been.

SEP

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

a few things to check:

1) did you disable root access via ssh in the /var/adm/inetd.sec ?
2) is the permission of .ssh directory under the home directory of root given?
3) at
# /usr/lbin/getprpw root
check if alock=YES, though that is unlikely as root can telnet
4) what is the permission for /dev/tty?

regards.

[generic_1 · Accepted solution]

I think you really need to take a look at your inetd.sec file and make sure that root ssh is just not disallowed.

Also check /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure it is set to yes if you want root to work. :) PermitRootLogin = yes

Hope this helps.

[Pratyush Paul_1]

This is what you do

#ssh -v -v -v -l root systemA

And try to see the debug information. It will give you a lot more info of what is happening.

Please try to remove the keys from the know_hosts file. And try to connect. The debug information will tell you exactly where openssh is failing. let me know if this works.

regards

Pratyush

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

As mentioned by Jeff, it's most likely the sshd_config issue.

Look for PermitRootLogin in your /wherever_ssh_is_installed/etc/sshd_config and make it "yes". Restart sshd.

-Sri

[Hanry Zhou]

Sri,
You solvoed the issue.