Root User not allowd in SCP

[Virumandi]

Hi,

I am trying to copy the files from one server to the other running with Solaris

I cant able to do the copy operation as the root user but I can able to do the operation as a normal user.

While trying as the root user i got the error message permission denied.

Anybody faced this kind of problem can guide me...

[spex]

Hi,

Check if "PermitRootLogin no" appears in /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config. If so, comment it out or remove it. Then restart sshd.

PCS

[Doug O'Leary · Accepted solution]

Hey;

Find the sshd_config file. Not sure where it'll be under Solaris; check /etc or /usr/local/etc - or

grep sshd_config /var/sadm/install/contents

Once you've found it, check the line that says

PermitRootLogin without-password

without-passwd forces public key authentication (PKA). Yours probably says no which prevents direct root access via ssh and is the default in most implementations. "yes" is the other option which allows root access via passwords.

If you need to allow direct root access, it should be done using PKA. That's 2-factor authentication and provides significant security improvements over 1-factor authentication (passwords).

HTH;

Doug

[HGN]

Hi

The file sshd_config has a line PermitRootLogin that has to be set to Yes, after this this sshd needs to be stopped and started by doing this it will not terminate the existign session's.

Rgds

HGN

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I can't speak for how the solaris people packaged it but by default with openssh the root user can use all functions.

It wouldn't be much of an alternative to telnet if root could not use it. ssh2 is secure and if you force ssh2 you will have reasonable assurance that you can make the changes proposed above and not have the root password get sniffed or hacked.

SEP

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

ensure that the environment has been properly configured.

The public key for the root user may not be present in the destination server .ssh/authorized_keys


please check

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Virumandi]

Thanks to all