root login

[pokero]

Hello people,

I can't connect on SSH remote but I can do that if I first log in on machine . (I'm using a FreeBSD 8.2 machine, I see there is no problem with 9.0 or 9.1 but I prefer 8.2).

 

[gkontos]

RootLogin is disabled by default on every FreeBSD default installation. Make sure your user account belongs to wheel and use su to gain root privileges.

 

[SirDice]

(I'm using a FreeBSD 8.2 machine, I see there is no problem with 9.0 or 9.1 but I prefer 8.2).

Please upgrade to 8.3 or 8.4, 8.2 has been end-of-life since July 2012.

http://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported.html

 

[throAU]

If you do allow SSH in as root (however much of a bad idea this may be), make sure you are using public/private key pair authentication.