Fedora Users — Re: About ssh login

Ritesh Yeole wrote:

Dear Sir,
                I want to ssh to my client ,there is sonic-firewall .

In firewall  static ip nat with server ip
Now i want to ssh it then it ask for password but when passwd put is says=
[root@ndtest ~]# ssh ultra
root@ultra's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@ultra's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@ultra's password:
Permission denied (publickey).
=================[root@ndtest ~]# ssh raisoni
root@raisoni's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@raisoni's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@raisoni's password:
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password).
[root@ndtest ~]#


Plz tell me what is difference between them and how it is solved.


Thanks
Ritesh

The default sshd setup does NOT allow root to log in. It is usuallya bad idea to root logins from the Internet because it exposes theroot account to automated cracking attempts. If you must allow rootlogins from the internet, at least limit it to using key pairs. Ifyou can, also limit it to connections for a specific IP address, orrange of addresses.

As others have said, it is better to log in as a normal user, andthen become root. It does not eliminate automated attacks, but itdoes make them harder.

As a side note, it is not a good idea to be to be logged in as rootunless you are doing something that requires it. You are better offrunning ssh as a normal user when connecting to another box.


Mikkel
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