listbox@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
OK, I'm going to start with the mailing list.
We have a lab machine that is/was setup to allow someone to ssh to
the host as root, assuming the users public key has been added to
roots .ssh/authorized_keys.
This all worked fine under FC3. We upgraded the box to FC4, now no
one is able to ssh in as root. The following error is generated in
the /var/log/secure file:
sshd[6048]: fatal: Access denied for user root by PAM account
configuration
I've verified that the sshd_config file has not changed.
The /etc/pam.d/sshd file also has not changed.
I'm guessing this is something to do with authconfig or system-auth?
I've tried a couple of changes there, but no joy.
There are other PAM related problems, but if I can get this part
working, I don't have to worry about my connection dropping (since
the lab is difficult to access physically).
-David
Wouldn't it be safer to add specific users to the sudo file and have
people who need root just do an su after logging in as them self?
I always hate it when someone doesn't answer my question but suggests an
alternative like the above so apologies in advance if this won't work
for you for some reason.
Cheers,
Dave
