Solaris

I edited my /etc/default/login file and commented the line:


# If CONSOLE is set, root can only login on that device.
# Comment this line out to allow remote login by root.
#
#CONSOLE=/dev/console


I still cant login thru telnet or ssh.
What else do i have to do to be able to login remotely as root?

Thanks,
Brian

try rebooting

sorry i should have included that in my note.
Coming from Windows, I'm used to rebooting.

I did 2 reboots. same thing.

;-)

Did you create an ssh trusted key file, an .rhosts file, or a hosts.equiv file?

the /etc/default/login file is for general use, at ssh you have to edit your /etc/ssh/sshd_config too. there is a line:
PermitRootLogin no
set the value to yes and then:
pkill -HUP sshd

greetings PRESSY

what version of ssh are you running? ssh2 or OpenSSH?

There shouldn't be a restriction on root. Can you ssh as a non root user?

Does it prompt you for a password? Try running ssh -v -v -v


and make sure all files in $HOME/.ssh are chmoded to 600

and public key of the machine you are connecting from is in authorized_keys on target machine

Thanks for the help, you guys definitly turned me in the right direction.

I was using OpenSSH and I edited the ssh_config file instead of the sshd_config file.

Something else happened that i have a question for, I made the change to the sshd_config file, then to make the change take effect I tried a pkill -HUP which didnt work, then I stop and started ssh. that did not work either.
I had to reboot my workstation to get it to take effect.

Does anyone know why that was? How can I get ssh ro re-read the config file without bouncing the box?