[wplug] scp, ssh, ftp login only root

[John Strange]

Is this is a redhat system?

Make sure you have editied /etc/securetty to allow root logins
remotely.  If not it'll reject all remote root sessions.

- John

On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 16:00, Scott Kiesling wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 00:21, Bob Schmertz wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Scott Kiesling wrote:
> > 
> > >Hi all-
> > >
> > >I think there is probably a simple answer to this, but I'm not good with
> > >the networking stuff:
> > 
> > Speaking of "networking", what happens if you ssh from localhost?  Read 
> > on...
> 
> I don't know how to do this. Please enlighten me.
> 
> > 
> > >
> > >I am trying to use ssh, scp, and ftp to log into my machine (the former
> > >preferred). When I try to log in, I get the message "530 Authentication
> > >failed, sorry Login failed." When I try loggin in as root (dangerous, I
> > >know), it works. I am using the same password I use successfully when
> > >loggin in at the console. What is wrong? How can I fix it? 
> > 
> > Hmmm... shadow passwords not set up correctly?  How did you set your 
> > user passwords up, anyway?  'passwd' command, or what?
> 
> I used useradd. I've changed the password once, I think I probably used
> 'passwd' .
> 
> 
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