Nigel Henry wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Tuesday 13 March 2007 12:09, Paul Johnson wrote: >> semgogo sem wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: >> > Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction... >> > >> > Using SSH , I cannot log in using root - I get 'acccess denied'. >> >> Never log in as root. >> >> > I can log in using a second account I have set up, however when I try >> > su - root (and give root password) it fails and reports 'su: >> > authentication failure sorry'. >> >> Use your root password on the Password: prompt su gives you. > > A question Paul. On an earlier post the OP said that he had logged in as > user, then using su had mistyped the root password 5 times. Is there a way > that SSH could lock you out completely from su'ing to root, if you had > made multiple typos on the root password? Not by default that I'm aware of. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
