Unable to login as root in ssh

phoenix said:
And what shows in /var/log/auth.log on shlus after you try to login?
Code:
May  7 11:43:13 shlus sshd[813]: error: PAM: authentication error for root from 
localhost
May  7 11:43:22 shlus last message repeated 2 times
 
Essentially, unless you are playing with pam modules and alternative logon methods there are three possible problems.

1: You did not make the correct change in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
2: You did not use the rcfile or kill to restart the daemon.
3: You are fat-fingering your password.
 
Finally I solved the issue with ssh login under root.
In my case the problem was that parameter "AllowRootLogin yes" wasn't uncommented and it was my fault of course. I uncommented this parameter and now it's OK.
Do excuse me please for misleading and ty for trying to help me.
 
remote login using ssh

i have tried to remote login into freebsd 7.1, but it is throwing PAM: authentication error for root. I have only one login that is root. No other user i have created since i am only using. I am not able to login through putty or winscp?

Please tell me any solution how to recover.:(
 
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