On Friday 12 May 2006 12:18, Never you mind wrote: > > On 11/05/2006, at 11:22 PM, Robin Atwood wrote: > > > On Thursday 11 May 2006 11:22, Never you mind wrote: > >> On 11/05/2006, at 1:11 AM, Justin Denick wrote: > >>> Some boxes don't allow root to gain ssh access. Smart idea in my > >>> opinon. > >> > >> Right. I can see what your saying. It's a bit annoying that KPackage > >> throws an error instead of providing an informational response, eg, > >> "Access denied. Configure sshd on this machine to allow root access > >> via > >> SSH protocol". > >> > >>> Look at the sshd.conf file and comment out the line preventing root > >>> ssh access. > >> > >> I can see /etc/ssh/sshd_config. I set PermitRootLogin to 'yes' and > >> uncommented it. > > > > Can you 'ssh root@localhost' from a console? > > No, I can't > > > If not, have you got 'sshd: > > LOCAL' in '/etc/hosts.allow'? > > The first line of /etc/hosts.allow says: > > ALL : ALL : allow > > that should cover it shouldn't it? I would have thought so. Port 22 blocked by iptables? Try 'iptables -L -v'. Also when you try to login, check /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure (or equivalent on your distro). -Robin. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.