Hello, Enabling direct root access by anything other than direct console access is a major security risk. What you should do is to connect via ssh as a regular user, then use su or sudo to give yourself the access you need. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Alex Snow wrote: > Hi All, > > How can I enable root access to my linux box over a ssh connection? > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up > yours!" > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >