Hi Pat, After making the config change, just restart the sshd daemon (service sshd restart); if you still get that error, just make sure that your typing the correct password. Hope that helps. Aaron -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Rice Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:42 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: problems with putty Hi all This might be something obvious, but I'm trying to use windows putty to connect to RHEL 4 system (kernel 2.6.9-34), I can ping the system, but the problem I am having is on trying to log in as root, or a user I keep getting Access denied, I have modified the sshd_config to allow remote logins, is there any other setting I should change to allow this ? Thanks in advance Pat Rice -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this electronic message is intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain privileged or confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and destroy the copies you received. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list